Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/part/VI/crossheading/dependants
Timestamp: 2018-08-21 03:10:54
Document Index: 712971901

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3']

Employment Rights Act 1996, Cross Heading: Dependants is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 August 2018. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F1DependantsE+W+S
F1Ss. 57A, 57B and heading inserted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 8, Sch. 4 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II
F2 57A Time off for dependants.E+W+S
(1)An employee is entitled to be permitted by his employer to take a reasonable amount of time off during the employee’s working hours in order to take action which is necessary—
(a)to provide assistance on an occasion when a dependant falls ill, gives birth or is injured or assaulted,
(b)to make arrangements for the provision of care for a dependant who is ill or injured,
(c)in consequence of the death of a dependant,
(d)because of the unexpected disruption or termination of arrangements for the care of a dependant, or
(e)to deal with an incident which involves a child of the employee and which occurs unexpectedly in a period during which an educational establishment which the child attends is responsible for him.
(2)Subsection (1) does not apply unless the employee—
(a)tells his employer the reason for his absence as soon as reasonably practicable, and
(b)except where paragraph (a) cannot be complied with until after the employee has returned to work, tells his employer for how long he expects to be absent.
(3) Subject to subsections (4) and (5), for the purposes of this section “ dependant ” means, in relation to an employee—
(a)a spouse [F3or civil partner] ,
(b)a child,
(c)a parent,
(d)a person who lives in the same household as the employee, otherwise than by reason of being his employee, tenant, lodger or boarder.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) or (b) “ dependant ” includes, in addition to the persons mentioned in subsection (3), any person who reasonably relies on the employee—
(a)for assistance on an occasion when the person falls ill or is injured or assaulted, or
(b)to make arrangements for the provision of care in the event of illness or injury.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (1)(d) “ dependant ” includes, in addition to the persons mentioned in subsection (3), any person who reasonably relies on the employee to make arrangements for the provision of care.
(6)A reference in this section to illness or injury includes a reference to mental illness or injury.
F2Ss. 57A, 57B and heading inserted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 8, Sch. 4 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II
F3Words in s. 57A(3)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), ss. 261(1), 263, Sch. 27 para. 151; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(2) (Subject to art. 2(3)-(5))
F4 57B Complaint to employment tribunal.E+W+S
(1)An employee may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that his employer has unreasonably refused to permit him to take time off as required by section 57A.
(2)An employment tribunal shall not consider a complaint under this section unless it is presented—
(a)before the end of the period of three months beginning with the date when the refusal occurred, or
[F5(2A)Section 207A(3) (extension because of mediation in certain European cross-border disputes) [F6and section 207B (extension of time limits to facilitate conciliation before institution of proceedings) apply] for the purposes of subsection (2)(a).]
(3)Where an employment tribunal finds a complaint under subsection (1) well-founded, it—
(a)shall make a declaration to that effect, and
(b)may make an award of compensation to be paid by the employer to the employee.
(4)The amount of compensation shall be such as the tribunal considers just and equitable in all the circumstances having regard to—
(a)the employer’s default in refusing to permit time off to be taken by the employee, and
(b)any loss sustained by the employee which is attributable to the matters complained of.]
F4Ss. 57A, 57B and heading inserted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 8, Sch. 4 Pt. II; S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II
F5S. 57B(2A) inserted (20.5.2011 with application as mentioned in regs. 3 and 4 of the amending S.I.) by The Cross-Border Mediation (EU Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1133), regs. 2, 38
F6Words in s. 57B(2A) substituted (6.4.2014) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), s. 103(3), Sch. 2 para. 24; S.I. 2014/253, art. 3(g)