26 Right of employee not to be unfairly dismissed: Northern Ireland
National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (1998 c 39) | Legislation

26  Right of employee not to be unfairly dismissed: Northern Ireland

(1)     After Article 135 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (assertion of statutory right) there shall be inserted—

“The national minimum wage

135A

(1)     An employee who is dismissed shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as unfairly dismissed if the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason) for the dismissal is that—

(a)     any action was taken, or was proposed to be taken, by or on behalf of the employee with a view to enforcing, or otherwise securing the benefit of, a right of the employee's to which this Article applies; or

(b)     the employer was prosecuted for an offence under section 31 of the National Minimum

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