REGISTER OF EMPLOYERS A Register of Concerns in which people are employed In accordance with Article 47 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland Equality House 7-9 Shaftesbury Square Belfast BT2 7DP Tel: (02890) 500 600 E-mail: [email protected] August 2021 _______________________________________REGISTRATION The Register Under Article 47 of the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 the Commission has a duty to keep a Register of those concerns employing more than 10 people in Northern Ireland and to make the information contained in the Register available for inspection by members of the public. The Register is available for use by the public in the Commission’s office. Under the legislation, public authorities as specified by the Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister are automatically treated as registered with the Commission. All other employers have a duty to register if they have more than 10 employees working 16 hours or more per week. Employers who meet the conditions for registration are given one month in which to apply for registration. This month begins from the end of the week in which the concern employed more than 10 employees in Northern Ireland. It is a criminal offence for such an employer not to apply for registration within this period. Persons who become employers in relation to a registered concern are also under a legal duty to apply to have their name and address entered on the Register within one month of becoming such an employer. Again failure to apply is an offence. When a concern applies for registration, it is entered on the Register. New concerns meeting the conditions for registration are entered each month. The 2021 Register of Employers contains details of 3683 employers. Once registered there is no further requirement to renew the registration unless, at some stage, the concern has been de- registered and subsequently meets the registration criteria. All registered concerns and specified public authorities have further duties in relation to the monitoring of their workforces and applicants for employment, and review of their employment composition and practices. The Commission may remove concerns from the Register if they appear to have ceased to exist. Employers may also apply to be removed from the Register if, at least one year after their application, they can show that their concern had less than 11 employees continuously throughout the previous 26 weeks. It is an offence for an employer to knowingly make a false statement in relation to such an application for de-registration. ____________________________________________PREFACE Access to the Register The Register can be downloaded from the Commission’s website: www.equalityni.org and a copy is kept in the Commission’s information service for consultation Interested individuals and groups can also purchase the Register. Copies can be obtained from the following address at a cost of £5.00 (plus postage) from: The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland Equality House 7-9 Shaftesbury Square Belfast BT2 7DP Tel: (02890) 500600 The register is constructed from the information provided by the concerns which have applied for registration. The entry for each concern contains: - name of concern - address of concern - date of entry in Register - nature of business This information relates to the concerns which are registered with the Commission as at 6 July 2021. Public authorities, as specified by the Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (No.36) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016, are not required to apply for registration with the Commission. Instead they are deemed to be registered from their date of specification. (A list of specified bodies has been included in Appendix 1). ___________________________ HOW TO USE THE REGISTER The Register is in alphabetical order by name of concern. In constructing the listing the following rules were used. 1. Personal names – where the name of the concern is a surname preceded by initials or forename, e.g. JH Lunn (Jewellers) Ltd, Francis Dinsmore Ltd, the concern is always listed by surname followed by initials or forename. i.e. Lunn JH (Jewellers) Ltd Dinsmore Francis Ltd 2. The – in the case of concerns with names beginning with The, e.g. The Ulster Independent Clinic. “The” is always placed at the end of the name. i.e. Ulster Independent Clinic, The 3. & - concerns with an initial followed by & go to the beginning of the listing for the initial letter, e.g. The first entry under B is B & E Electrics Ltd. 4. Prefixes Mac/Mc – concerns with these prefixes are treated strictly alphabetically. Names beginning Mac follow Ma. 5. Prefix O’ – concerns with the prefix O’, e.g. O’Neill, O’Kane can be found at the beginning of the listing for the letter O. 6. Numeric Names – concerns whose names begin with numbers, e.g. 3M Industrial Tapes Ltd appear at the end of the alphabetical listing. The list should be read across the page, by row. __________________________________________APPENDIX 1 Specified Public Authorities For the purpose of Articles 52 - 61 of the 1998 Order, Article 2 a) specifies the Minister for the Department of Finance and Personnel as a public authority and provides that all Northern Ireland civil servants shall be treated as employees of that authority; b) specifies the Minister for the Civil Service as a public authority and provides that all United Kingdom civil servants shall be treated as employees of that authority; c) specifies the Secretary of State for Defence as a public authority and provides that all reservists shall be treated as employees of that authority; d) specifies the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland as a public authority and provides that all members of the police force shall be treated as employees of that authority. Public Authorities for the purposes of Articles 52 to 65 of the 1998 Order1: Agri-Food & Biosciences Institute Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council Ards & North Down District Council Armagh Banbridge & Craigavon District Council Arts Council of Northern Ireland Belfast District & City Council Belfast Harbour Commissioners Belfast Health & Social Care Trust Big Lottery Fund, The Board of Trustees of the National Museums & Galleries of NI British Broadcasting Corporation Causeway Coast & Glens District Council Charity Commission for Northern Ireland Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland, The Chief Inspector of Criminal Justice In Northern Ireland CITB (NI) Citybus Ltd Coleraine Harbour Commissioners Commission for Victims & Survivors for Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland Council for Catholic Maintained Schools 1 The Fair Employment (Specification of Public Authorities) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (legislation.gov.uk) Derry City & Strabane District Council Education Authority Northern Ireland, The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland Fermanagh & Omagh District Council Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland Foyle Carlingford & Irish Lights Commission General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland Governing Body of Belfast Metropolitan College, The Governing Body of North West Regional College, The Governing Body of Northern Regional College, The Governing Body of South Eastern Regional College, The Governing Body of South West College, The Governing Body of Southern Regional College, The Governing Body of Stranmillis University College, Belfast Governors of the Armagh Observatory and Planetarium Head of Department of Finance Health & Social Care Regulation & Quality Improvement Authority Intertrade Ireland Trade & Business Development Body, The Invest Northern Ireland Labour Relations Agency Lisburn & Castlereagh District Council Livestock & Meat Commission for Northern Ireland Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland Londonderry Port & Harbour Commissioners Mid & East Antrim District Council Mid Ulster District Council Middletown Centre for Autism Minister for the Civil Service, The National Heritage Memorial Fund, The Newry Mourne & Down District Council North/South Language Body, The Northern Health & Social Care Trust Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust Northern Ireland Assembly Commission Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service Agency Northern Ireland Community Relations Council Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum Examinations & Assessment Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency Northern Ireland Housing Executive Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission Northern Ireland Library Authority Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency Northern Ireland Museums Council Northern Ireland Policing Board, The Northern Ireland Practice & Education Council for Nursing & Midwifery Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman Northern Ireland Railways Company Ltd Northern Ireland Screen Commission Northern Ireland Social Care Council Northern Ireland Tourist Board Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company Northern Ireland Water Ltd Office of Communications Patient and Client Council Police Ombudsman