{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-80EH",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-80EH.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/18",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996",
  "path": "section/80EH",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "80EH",
  "heading": "Special cases",
  "text": "(1) Regulations under section 80EF 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 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 Ch. 5 inserted (17.1.2025) by Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 (c. 20), s. 3(3), Sch. para. 2; S.I. 2025/41, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 80EH(1)(b) inserted (6.1.2026 for specified purposes, 6.4.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Employment Rights Act 2025 (c. 36), ss. 27(6), 159(3); S.I. 2026/3, reg. 2(12)(b); S.I. 2026/323, reg. 3(1)(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/section/80EH",
    "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."
}