Section 181 — Employment Rights Act 1996: Interpretation.

Interpretation. 181 1 In this Part— “ counter-notice ” shall be construed in accordance with section 149(a), “ dismissal ” and “ dismissed ” shall be construed in accordance with sections 136 to 138, “ employer’s payment ” has the meaning given by section 166, “ notice of intention to claim ” shall be construed in accordance with section 148(1), “ obligatory period of notice ” has the meaning given by section 136(4), and “ trial period ” shall be construed in accordance with section 138(3).

2 In this Part—

a references to an employee being laid off or being eligible for a redundancy payment by reason of being laid off, and b references to an employee being kept on short-time or being eligible for a redundancy payment by reason of being kept on short-time, shall be construed in accordance with sections 147 and 148.