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CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT AND REDUNDANCY PAYMENTS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1965 - SECT 19

Reference of questions to tribunal.

19.(1) Any question arising under this Part as to the right of an employee to
a redundancy payment, or as to the amount of a redundancy payment, shall, in
accordance with regulations made under Part IV, be referred to and determined
by a tribunal.

(2) For the purposes of any such reference

(a)a person's employment during any period shall, unless the contrary is
proved, be presumed to have been continuous;

(b)an employee who has been dismissed by his employer shall, unless the
contrary is proved, be presumed to have been so dismissed by reason of
redundancy.

(3) In relation to lay-off or short-time, the questions which may be referred
to and determined by a tribunal, as mentioned in subsection (1), shall include
any question whether an employee will become entitled to a redundancy payment
if he is not dismissed by his employer and he terminates his contract of
employment as mentioned in section 16(3)(a); and any such question shall for
the purposes of this Part be taken to be a question as to the right of the
employee to a redundancy payment.


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