Pay for time off
- Pay employees for time off taken for health and safety consultation Employer
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
1996
Northern Ireland
Health and Safety (Consultation with Employees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
5 compliance obligations
Penalty landscape
1 of 5 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Employer 5
Other Acts binding the same actors
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Employers also bound by 171 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 204 duties
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 201 duties
- Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 1989 55 duties
- Fire Safety (Scotland) Regulations 2006 2006 51 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 47 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
Browse 9 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Subject to paragraph 3, where a person is permitted to...
The average hourly earnings referred to in paragraph 1(b) are...
Any payment to a person by an employer in respect...
Provision as to industrial tribunals
An industrial tribunal shall have jurisdiction to determine complaints in...
A person (referred to in this Schedule as the “complainant”)...
An industrial tribunal shall not consider a complaint under paragraph...
Where an industrial tribunal finds a complaint under paragraph 2(a)...
Where on a complaint under paragraph 2(b) an industrial tribunal...
Duty of employer to consult
- Consult employees on health and safety matters Employer
Duty of employer to provide information
Unlimited fine- Provide employees with information for health and safety consultation Employer
Functions of representatives of employee safety
- Enable safety representatives to perform their consultation functions Employer
Training, time off and facilities for representatives of employee safety and time off for candidates
- Provide training, paid time off, and facilities for safety representatives Employer
Browse 22 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
Citation and commencement
Citation and commencement
Interpretation
Interpretation
Duty of employer to consult
Persons to be consulted
Persons to be consulted
Duty of employer to provide information
Functions of representatives of employee safety
Training, time off and facilities for representatives of employee safety and time off for candidates
Amendment of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
Amendment of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996
Exclusion of civil liability
Exclusion of civil liability
Application of health and safety legislation
Application of health and safety legislation
Application to the Crown and armed forces
Application to the Crown and armed forces
Disapplication to sea-going ships and offshore installations
Disapplication to sea-going ships and offshore installations
Amendment of the
Amendment of the 1979 Regulations
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
Promotes and enforces health and safety at work standards in Northern Ireland. NI equivalent of HSE with similar enforcement powers under local …
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