{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002/section-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002/section-39.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/22",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002",
  "path": "section/39",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Unfair dismissal: adjustments under sections 31 and 38",
  "text": "In the Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18), after section 124 there is inserted—\n“ Adjustments under the Employment Act 2002\n124A Where an award of compensation for unfair dismissal falls to be—\n(a) reduced or increased under section 31 of the Employment Act 2002 (non-completion of statutory procedures), or\n(b) increased under section 38 of that Act (failure to give statement of employment particulars),\nthe adjustment shall be in the amount awarded under section 118(1)(b) and shall be applied immediately before any reduction under section 123(6) or (7).”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 39 in force at 1.10.2004 by S.I. 2004/1717, art. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/22/section/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:28.817105+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}