[F1Jury serviceN.I.
67M.—(1) An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer on the ground that the employee—
(a)has been summoned under the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order [F21996] (NI 6) or the Coroners (Northern Ireland) Act 1959 (c.15) to attend for service as a juror, or
(b)has been absent from work because he attended at any place in pursuance of being so summoned.
(2) This Article does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal within the meaning of Part XI.
(3) For the purposes of this Article, an employee is not to be regarded as having been subjected to a detriment by a failure to pay remuneration in respect of a relevant period unless under his contract of employment he is entitled to be paid that remuneration.
(4) In paragraph (3) “a relevant period” means any period during which the employee is absent from work because of his attendance at any place in pursuance of being summoned as mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).]
F2Word in art. 67M(1)(a) substituted (3.8.2010) by Employment Act (Northern Ireland) 2010 (c. 12), ss. 7(1), 8(2), Sch. 1 para. 6(1)