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Act Section or Contravention Redress
Regulation
Protection of 6, 7 Failure to pay entitlements Direction to pay the amount due
Employees under the Insolvency Scheme to the employee.
(Employers’ (e.g arrears of wages, sick pay,
Insolvency) Acts holiday pay and pay in lieu
1984 to 2012 of notice, payments on foot
of adjudication decisions or
mediation resolutions)
Pensions Act 1990 Non-compliance of any rule of An order requiring that the
an occupational benefit scheme, principle of equal pension
other than an occupational treatment be complied with;
pension scheme, with the an order to take a specified
principle of equal treatment; course of action; an order
non-compliance of any term for compensation for acts of
of a collective agreement, victimization.
employment regulation order
or contract of employment,
insofar as it relates to
occupational benefits ,with the
principle of equal treatment;
non-compliance with the
principle of equal treatment
in relation to the manner in
which an employer affords his/
her employees access to an
occupational benefit scheme.
Payment of Wages 5 Illegal deduction from wages A direction to the employer
Act 1991 to pay compensation of an
amount not exceeding the net
wages that would have been
paid in the week preceding the
deduction/payment or, if the
deduction/payment is greater
than the latter, twice that
amount.

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