Employment Protection Act 1982
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14 Orders of Commission
14 Orders of Commission
(1) The Commission may, after consideration of a report under section 11 and such inquiry as it thinks proper, make orders as to any or all of the following matters—
(a) requiring the payment of severance payments to the employee concerned,
(b) requiring the payment of a gratuity to the employee,
(c) specifying the amount of, or the method of calculating the amount of, any such severance payments or gratuities,
(d) requiring the payment of benefits from a superannuation scheme of which the employee is a member, as if the benefits ordered to be paid were provided for by the scheme,
(e) requiring the payment of an amount to the employee to compensate for any loss of accrued benefits under a superannuation scheme of which the employee is a member,
(f) requiring the employer concerned to give preference to the employee for employment in a position for which the employee is or may become qualified, in the event that the employer requires additional staff within a specified period,
(g) requiring, in special cases, the retraining of the employee, and requiring the payment by the employer of any costs of any such retraining,
(h) requiring the payment of an amount to the employee by way of re-imbursement of salary or wages lost by the employee, in so far as the loss is, in the opinion of the Commission, attributable to a failure on the part of the employer to serve a notice on the Registrar in accordance with the requirements of section 7,
(i) requiring the payment of any other sums, or the doing of any other act, matter or thing, in consequence of the termination of the employment of the employee, as appears to the Commission to be just and proper,
(j) any ancillary matters relating to the matters referred to in any of the foregoing paragraphs of this subsection.
(2) An order may be made under this Act in consequence of a report under section 11 so as—
(a) to apply to and in relation to—
(i) all or any of the employees to whom the report relates, and
(ii) such other employees of the employer concerned as may thereafter have their employment terminated by the employer and as are specified or described in the order, or