Harbours Act 2015

Provisions with respect to staff of dissolved company

30. (1) A local authority specified in an order made under section 28 shall, on the company transfer and dissolution day, accept into its employment each person who immediately before that day was a member of staff of the dissolved company concerned.

(2) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with a recognised trade union or staff association by the local authority, and approved by the Minister after consultation with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government and with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, a person referred to in subsection (1) 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 coming into operation of this section.

(3) In relation to persons transferred to the staff of a local authority under subsection (1), previous service with a dissolved company shall be reckonable for the purposes of, but subject to any exceptions or exclusions in, the following enactments:

(a) the Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005;

(b) the Carer’s Leave Act 2001 ;

(c) the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004;

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

(e) the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 ;

(f) the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006;

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

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

(i) the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014;

(j) the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2012;

(k) the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007.