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No. 323 The Road Transport (Working Time) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007
These Regulations, as of 31/7/07, replace the references to the previous 1985 EEC Regulation with those relating to the 2006 EC Regulation and make various technical amendments and provisions on previous omissions on matters such as types of vehicle covered and provisions for Industrial Tribunals to hear appeals against improvement notices as if they had been issued under the Health and Safety at Work (NI) Order 1978 (Art.26).
Annual Closedowns
Employers may elect to close their business at certain times of the year. (Christmas/new year)
Public holidays and bank holidays
Employees are not automatically entitled to paid time off for bank and public holidays.
No 103 The Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015
These Regulations come into operation on 15/3/15 and modify the Statutory Shared Parental Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 to give certain persons abroad, those who work as mariners and those who work on the continental shelf an entitlement to statutory shared parental pay.
Posted worker
Posted workers are sent by their employer to temporarily work abroad in another European Union member state.
Giving and Accepting Notice
If the employer or employee wishes to end the employment relationship they must give each other notice.
Paternity Leave
Paternity leave allows parents to take time off from their work to have time with their child following a birth.
Details a written statement must contain
Employers are required to provide employees with a written statement of particulars of employment within two months of the commencement of employment.
Types of contracts
In addition to contracts of employment, a number of other types of contracts exist.