Section 205 Employment Rights Act 1996

Section 205 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 is about Remedy for infringement of certain rights. It provides as follows:

(1)The remedy of an employee for infringement of any of the rights conferred by section 8, Part III, Parts V to VIII, Part 8B, section 92, Part X and Part XII is, where provision is made for a complaint or the reference of a question to an employment tribunal, by way of such a complaint or reference and not otherwise.

(1YA)In relation to the right conferred by section 44(1A), the reference in subsection (1) to an employee has effect as a reference to a worker.

(1A)In relation to the right conferred by section 47B, the reference in subsection (1) to an employee has effect as a reference to a worker.

(1ZA)In relation to the right conferred by section 45A, the reference in subsection (1) to an employee has effect as a reference to a worker.

(2)The remedy of a worker in respect of any contravention of section 13, 15, 18(1) or 21(1) is by way of a complaint under section 23 and not otherwise.

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