PART IV

Termination of Employment

Written statement of reasons for dismissal
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1
An employee shall be entitled—
a
if he is given by his employer notice of termination of his contract of employment;
b
if his contract of employment is terminated by his employer without notice; or
c
if, where he is employed under a contract for a fixed term, that term expires without being renewed under the same contract,
to be provided by his employer, on request, within fourteen days of that request, with a written statement giving particulars of the reasons for his dismissal.
2
An employee shall not be entitled to a written statement under subsection (1) unless on the effective date of termination he has been, or will have been, continuously employed for a period of twenty-six weeks ending with the last complete week before that date.
3
A written statement provided under this section shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings.
4
A complaint may be presented to an industrial tribunal by an employee against his employer on the ground that the employer unreasonably refused to provide a written statement under subsection (1) or that the particulars of reasons given in purported compliance with that subsection are inadequate or untrue, and if the tribunal finds the complaint well-founded—
a
it may make a declaration as to what it finds the employer's reasons were for dismissing the employee; and
b
it shall make an award that the employer pay to the employee a sum equal to the amount of two weeks' pay.
5
An industrial tribunal shall not entertain a complaint under this section relating to the reasons for a dismissal unless it is presented to the tribunal at such a time that the tribunal would, in accordance with section 67(2) or (4), entertain a complaint of unfair dismissal in respect of that dismissal presented at the same time.