# The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Article 130B: Jury service

Extent: N.I.

(1) An employee who is dismissed shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as unfairly dismissed if the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason) for the dismissal is that the employee—
(a) has been summoned under the Juries (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 or the Coroners Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c.15) to attend for service as a juror, or
(b) has been absent from work because he attended at any place in pursuance of being so summoned.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in relation to an employee who is dismissed if the employer shows—
(a) that the circumstances were such that the employee's absence in pursuance of being so summoned was likely to cause substantial injury to the employer's undertaking,
(b) that the employer brought those circumstances to the attention of the employee,
(c) that the employee refused or failed to apply to be excused from attending in pursuance of being so summoned, and
(d) that the refusal or failure was not reasonable

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1919/article/130B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-130B
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