# The Statutory Neonatal Care Pay (General) Regulations 2025, Regulation 17: Continuous employment and unfair dismissal


(1) Where in consequence of specified action in relation to a person’s dismissal, the person is reinstated or re-engaged by their employer or by a successor or associated employer of that employer then—
(a) the continuity of their employment is preserved for the purposes of section 171ZZ16 of the 1992 Act for the period beginning with the effective date of termination and ending with the date of reinstatement or re-engagement, and
(b) any week which falls within the interval beginning with the effective date of termination and ending with the date of reinstatement or re-engagement, as the case may be, counts in the computation of their period of continuous employment.
(2) In this regulation—
“dismissal procedures agreement” has the same meaning as in section 235 of the 1996 Act;
“specified action in relation to a person’s dismissal” means action which consists of—
(a) the presentation by that person of a complaint under section 111(1) (complaints to employment tribunal) of the 1996 Act,
(b) that person making a claim in accordance with a dismissal procedures agreement designated by an order under section 110 of the 1996 Act, or
(c) any action taken by a conciliation officer under sections 18A to 18C (conciliation) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996;
“successor”has the same meaning as in section 235 of the 1996 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2025/9780348268041/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-statutory-neonatal-care-pay-general-regulations-2025/regulation-17
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