# Collective Redundancies (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are made in consequence of the judgment of the European Court of Justice in Case C-188/03, Junk v Kuhnel, which concerned the interpretation of Council Directive 98/59/EC (OJ No.L225, 12.8.98, p 16) on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies.
The Regulations amend Article 221 of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 to provide that, in addition to the existing requirements of that Article, an employer proposing collective redundancies must notify the Department of his proposal before he gives notice to an employee to terminate an employee’s contract of employment in respect of any of those dismissals.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/369/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/collective-redundancies-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/note
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