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Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act, 1973 (No. 4)Introductory TextActs Referred to1. Interpretation.1A. Application of Act to civil servants.2. Commencement.3. Non-application of Act.4. Minimum period of notice.5. Rights of employee during period of notice.6. Right of employer to notice.7. Right to waive notice.8. Right to terminate contract of employment without notice.9. Written statement of terms of employment.10. Failure of employer to furnish statement.11. Reference of disputes to Tribunal.12. Decision of adjudication officer under section 41 of Workplace Relations Act 2015.12A. Decision of Labour Court on appeal from decision referred to in section 12.13. Provisions relating to winding up and bankruptcy.15. Laying of Regulations and certain draft orders before Houses of Oireachtas.14. Regulations.16. Expenses of Minister.17. Short title.First Schedule Computation of Continuous ServiceSecond Schedule Rights of Employee During Period of Notice
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AI Summary of First Schedule Computation of Continuous Service

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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 4 July 2006 - onwards
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First Schedule Computation of Continuous Service

Section 4

Continuity of Service

1. The service of an employee in his employment shall be deemed to be continuous unless that service is terminated by -

(a) the dismissal of the employee by his employer, or

(b) the employee voluntarily leaving his employment.

2. A lock-out shall not amount to a dismissal of the employee by his employer.

3. A lay-off shall not amount to the termination by an employer of his employee's service.

4. A strike by an employee shall not amount to that employee's voluntarily leaving his employment.

5. An employee who claims and receives redundancy payment in respect of lay-off or short-time shall be deemed to have voluntarily left his employment.

6. The continuous service of an employee in his employment shall not be broken by the dismissal of the employee by his employer followed by the immediate re-employment of the employee.

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