http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/277/contents/made

Unfair Dismissal and Statement of Reasons for Dismissal (Variation of Qualifying Period) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999

Dismissal

Employment rights

Termination of employment

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EMPLOYMENT

This Order, which comes into operation on 18th July 1999, lowers the qualifying period of continuous employment needed to acquire the right not to be unfairly dismissed from two years to one year. It also lowers the qualifying period of continuous employment needed for the entitlement, on request, to a written statement of reasons for dismissal from two years to one year.