Section 157

Where an order under this section is in force in respect of an agreement covered by this section, an employee who, immediately before the relevant date, is an employee to whom the agreement applies does not have any right to a redundancy payment. An agreement is covered by this section if it is an agreement between— under which employees to whom the agreement applies have a right in certain circumstances to payments on the termination of their contracts of employment. one or more employers or organisations of employers, and one or more trade unions representing employees, Where, on the application of all the parties to an agreement covered by this section, the Secretary of State is satisfied, having regard to the provisions of the agreement, that the employees to whom the agreement applies should not have any right to a redundancy payment, he may make an order under this section in respect of the agreement. The Secretary of State shall not make an order under this section in respect of an agreement unless the agreement indicates (in whatever terms) the willingness of the parties to it to submit to an employment tribunal any question arising under the agreement as to— the right of an employee to a payment on the termination of his employment, or the amount of such a payment. An order revoking an earlier order under this section may be made in pursuance of an application by all or any of the parties to the agreement in question or in the absence of such an application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04