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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-80L",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-80L.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/18",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996",
  "path": "section/80L",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "80L",
  "heading": "Special cases",
  "text": "(1) Regulations under section 80J may make provision about—\n(a) redundancy during or after a period of leave under that section;\n(b) dismissal (other than by reason of redundancy) during a period of leave under that section.\n(2) Provision by virtue of subsection (1) may include 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. 8B inserted (4.12.2023) by Carer’s Leave Act 2023 (c. 18), s. 3(3), Sch. para. 2; S.I. 2023/1283, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/section/80L",
    "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."
}