Employment Claims Act 2016 · 2020 Revised Edition · Schedules
Schedule 3 · Wrongful dismissal disputes
Feedback & supportTHIRD SCHEDULESections 2(1) and 32(1)Wrongful dismissal disputes1.Any dispute, in relation to which an employee may lodge a claim mentioned in section 14(2) of the Employment Act 1968, over whether the employee has been dismissed without just cause or excuse by an employer2.Any dispute, in relation to which a female employee may lodge a claim mentioned in section 84(2) of the Employment Act 1968, over whether a notice of dismissal given by an employer to the female employee in the circumstances mentioned in section 84(1)(a), (b) or (c) of that Act was or was not given for sufficient cause3.Any dispute, in relation to which a female employee mentioned in section 12(1) of the Child Development Co‑Savings Act 2001 may lodge a claim mentioned in section 84(2) of the Employment Act 1968 (as applied to the female employee), over whether a notice of dismissal given by an employer to the female employee in the circumstances mentioned in section 84(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the Employment Act 1968 (as applied to the female employee) was or was not given for sufficient cause[55/2018]
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“employee” means an individual who has entered into and works under a contract of service with an employer, and includes —(a)any employee of the Government within a category, class or description of such employees prescribed to be employees for the purposes of this Act; and(b)for an employment dispute relating to the termination of a contract of service or any mediation request submitted or claim made after the end of a contract of service, the former employee who worked under that contract of service, even though the relationship between employee and employer has ended;