# The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Article 69: Trustees of occupational pension schemes


(1) An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground that, being a trustee of a relevant occupational pension scheme which relates to his employment, the employee performed (or proposed to perform) any functions as such a trustee.
(2) . . . this Article does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of Part XI).
(2A) This Article applies to an employee who is a director of a company which is a trustee of a relevant occupational pension scheme as it applies to an employee who is a trustee of such a scheme (references to such a trustee being read for this purpose as references to such a director).
(3) In this Article “relevant occupational pension scheme” means an occupational pension scheme (as defined in section 1 of the 1993 c. 49. Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993) established under a trust.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1919/article/69 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-northern-ireland-order-1996/article-69
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