An employee who is dismissed is to be regarded for the purposes of this Part as unfairly dismissed if the reason (or, if more than one, the principal reason) for the dismissal is that the employee refused to accept an offer by the employer for the employee to become an employee shareholder (within the meaning of section 205A).
Section 104G: Employee shareholder status
Employment Rights Act 1996 · 1996 c. 18View on legislation.gov.uk
Part X: Unfair dismissal — Chapter I: Right not to be unfairly dismissed
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