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Equality statement
The Labour Relations Agency fully supports the elimination of all forms of discrimination in employment.
No 318 Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exceptions) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012
The Order comes into operation on 10 September 2012 with Article 2 of the 1979 Order providing exceptions to article 5(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (“the 1978 Order”) (questions which relate to spent convictions).
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No 269 The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016
This Order amends the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) Order (Northern Ireland) 2004 which specifies a number of persons or bodies as public authorities for certain purposes under Part VII of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998.
547 Employment Rights (Health Service Employers) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996
This Order relates to the issue of continuity of employment in the context of undergoing professional training and being employed successively by a number of different health service employers.
No. 141 The Disability Discrimination (Guidance On The Definition Of A Disability) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008
This Order appoints 21/4/08 as the day for the coming into operation of new guidance entitled “Guidance to be taken into account when determining questions in relation to the definition of disability” as issued in Northern Ireland by OFMDFM.
No.497 Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
These Regulations implement European Directive 2000/78/EC establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment so far as it relates to discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
No.47 The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008
This Order, increases as of 2/3/08, the limits applying to certain awards of Industrial Tribunals, and other amounts payable under employment legislation.
193 Employment Rights (Time off for Study or Training) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000
These Regulations set out the standard of achievement which is prescribed for the purposes of the Employment Rights (Northern (Ireland) Order 1996.
Increase of limits on Tribunal awards and payments under employment rights legislation
The Department for the Economy has made a statutory rule entitled The Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order (Northern Ireland) 2023 (legislation.gov.uk).
The Order increases, from 6 April 2023, limits applicable to certain awards and payments under employment rights legislation in line with the Retail Prices Index.
The Department has issued a press release relating to the above changes in limits - https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/news/department-economy-announces-annual-increase-limits-unfair-dismissal-and-redundancy-payments.
For details on the limits for previous years, please access the following link https://www.legislation.gov.uk/primary+secondary?title=The%20Employment…