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COVID-19 - Advice for Employers and Employees
As Coronavirus in Northern Ireland continues, It is important that businesses and workers know what their rights and responsibilities are when it comes to protecting staff and themselves from the spread of the virus.
Leaflet 11. Handling Redundancies in a Small Business
March 2019
This leaflet is aimed at employers where fewer than 20 staff are at risk of redundancy.
Covid-19: Working Through it Together. A Practical Guide to Making Workplaces Safer
This guide is designed to support organisations and workers across Northern Ireland to take appropriate measures to keep everyone safe.
The guide was produced by the NI Engagement Forum which is chaired by the Labour Relations Agency and comprises the Confederation of British Industry, Chambers of Commerce, Federation of Small Businesses NI, Institute of Directors, Manufacturing NI, NI Retail Consortium, the Northern Ireland Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, SOLACE, the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland (HSENI), the Labour Relations Agency and the Public Health Agency. It has been approved by the NI Executive.
Public holidays and bank holidays
Employees are not automatically entitled to paid time off for bank and public holidays.
Public duties
Under certain circumstances employers must give employees who hold certain public positions reasonable time off to perform the duties associated with them.
LRA Business Plan 2020-21
Annual Closedowns
Employers may elect to close their business at certain times of the year. (Christmas/new year)
391 Disability Discrimination (Exemption for Small Employers) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998
This Order lowers the small employer exemption threshold (available under Section 7 (1)) from 20 employees to 15 employees.