Technological Universities Act 2018

Arrangements for Director or president of a dissolved body following order under Part 2

57. (1) A person (other than a person referred to in section 56 (3) who, immediately before the day appointed by order under section 36 stands appointed as a Director or, as the case may be, president of a dissolved body shall on and after that day, cease to be such Director or president and shall become and be a fixed-term employee of the technological university for the duration of his or her contract of employment.

(2) A person who, immediately before the day appointed by order under section 43 , stands appointed as a Director or, as the case may be, president of a dissolved body shall on and after that day, cease to be such Director or president and shall become and be a fixed-term employee of the technological university for the duration of his or her contract of employment.

(3) Except in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with a recognised trade union or staff association, a person referred to in subsection (1) or (2) shall be subject to such terms and conditions of service, including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, as are not less favourable than the terms and conditions of service, including terms and conditions relating to remuneration, to which the person was subject immediately before the appointed day.

(4) In relation to a person referred to in subsection (1) or (2), previous service with the dissolved body shall be reckonable for the purposes of, but subject to any exceptions or exclusions in, the following:

(a) the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014;

(b) the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 ;

(c) the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 ;

(d) the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 ;

(e) the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014;

(f) the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005;

(g) the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015;

(h) the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004;

(i) the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006;

(j) the Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005;

(k) the Carer’s Leave Act 2001 .

(5) In subsection (3), a reference to terms and conditions relating to remuneration does not include conditions in relation to superannuation.