Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (Version in vigour from 2007-08-22 to )

Consolidated Text

As Enacted

Cited authorities 277

Cited in

Currency	No known outstanding effects
Coming into Force	22 August 2007

Contenidos

Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
Part I: Employment Particulars

Written particulars of employment

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2A: Particulars of disciplinary procedures not required where less than 20 employees.
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5A: Employees becoming or ceasing to be excluded from ss. 1 to 4.
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Itemised pay statements

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Enforcement of rights under Part I

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Part II: Rights Arising in Course of Employment

Guarantee payments

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Suspension from work on medical grounds

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Right not to suffer detriment in health and safety cases

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Trade union membership and activities

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Time off work

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Part III: Maternity

General right to maternity leave

33: General right to maternity leave.
34: Commencement of maternity leave period.
35: Duration of maternity leave period.
36: Notice of commencement of leave.
37: Requirement to inform employer of pregnancy etc.
37A: Requirement to inform employer of return during maternity leave period.
38: Special provision where redundancy during maternity leave period.
38A: Contractual right to maternity leave.

Right to return to work

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Suspension from work on maternity grounds

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General provisions

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48: Contractual right to return to work.

Part IV: Termination of Employment

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Part V: Unfair Dismissal

Right not to be unfairly dismissed

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Meaning of unfair dismissal

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57AA: Dismissal of employee representatives.: The dismissal of an employee by an employer shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as having been unfair if the reason for it (or, if more than one, the principal reason) was that the employee, being—
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Exclusion of section 54

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Remedies for unfair dismissal

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Amount of compensation

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Interim relief

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Teachers in aided schools

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Part VI: Redundancy Payments

Right to redundancy payment

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