Termination of Employment: Minimum Notice periods (P.14/2024) – Children’s Rights Impact Assessment

1)  Name and brief description of the proposed decision

The subject of your CRIA may be a proposed law, policy or proposition and in

accordance with the Law is referred to in this template as the decision'

 What is the problem or issue the decision is trying to address?

 Do children experience this problem differently from adults?

Proposition to amend the employment notice requirements in relation to employers.

• The decision is aiming to lengthen the amount of time required to be given by an employer to terminate the employment of an employee

• Children would not experience this problem in the same way as employment tends to be seasonal or temporary.

2)  Which groups of children and young people are likely to be affected?

Groups of children could include early years, primary or secondary education;

young adults; children with additional learning needs; disabled children;

children living in poverty; children from particular ethnic backgrounds;

migrants; refugees; care experienced children and LGBTQ+ children

Very few young people as employment tends to be seasonal or temporary.

3)  What is the likely impact of the proposed decision on children and on their

rights?

 Identify any potential positive OR negative impacts and include indirect

impacts on children and their rights as described in the UNCRC

 Will different groups of children be affected differently by this decision?

No positive or negative impacts have been identified in relation to children's rights.

4)  Is a full Children's Rights Impact Assessment required?

If you have identified impacts on children and their rights, a full CRIA should

be completed. If no impacts are identified then a Full CRIA is not required, but

please explain your rationale and how you reached this conclusion

No. As the proposition will not impact on children's rights a full CRIA is not required.