{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-75J",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-75J.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/18",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996",
  "path": "section/75J",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "75J",
  "heading": "Redundancy and dismissal",
  "text": "(1) Regulations under section 75E or 75G may make provision about—\n(a) redundancy during, or after, a period of leave under that section, or\n(b) dismissal (other than by reason of redundancy) during , or after, a period of leave under that section.\n(2) Provision made by virtue of subsection (1) may include—\n(a) provision requiring an employer to offer alternative employment;\n(b) provision for the consequences of failure to comply with the regulations (which may include provision for a dismissal to be treated as unfair for the purposes of Part 10).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 8 (ss. 71-80) substituted for Pt. 8 (ss. 71-85) (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 7, Sch. 4 Pt. 1; S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2 (with transitional provisions in Sch. 3 para. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Pt. 8 Ch. 1B (ss. 75E-75K) inserted (30.6.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), ss. 117(1), 139(6); S.I. 2014/1640, art. 3(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 75J(1)(a)(b) substituted for s. 75J(1)(a)(b) and words (24.7.2023) by Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023 (c. 17), ss. 2(4), 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 75J(1)(b) inserted (6.1.2026) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 27(4), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(12)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/section/75J",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:50.937818+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."
}