35. (1) On the commencement of this Act, the Ombudsman shall accept into his or her employment each person who immediately before that day was a member of the staff of the Financial Services Ombudsman’s Bureau on such terms and conditions of service relating to remuneration and superannuation as are not less favourable than the terms and conditions of service relating to remuneration and superannuation to which the person was subject immediately before that day.

(2) The terms and conditions to which a person is subject upon his or her becoming a member of the staff of the Ombudsman under subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been determined by the Ombudsman in accordance with section 15.

(3) In relation to a person transferred to the staff of the Ombudsman under subsection (1), previous service with the Financial Services Ombudsman’s Bureau shall be reckonable for the purpose of, but subject to any exceptions or exclusions in, the following enactments:

(a) the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014;

(b) the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001;

(c) the Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003;

(d) the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973 to 2005;

(e) the Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2015;

(f) the Terms of Employment (Information) Acts 1994 to 2014;

(g) the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997;

(h) the Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006;

(i) the Carer’s Leave Act 2001;

(j) the Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004;

(k) the Adoptive Leave Acts 1995 and 2005;

(l) the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016.

(4) On the establishment day, each person who immediately before that day was a member of the staff of the Pensions Ombudsman shall be accepted into the office of the Ombudsman on secondment for a period of 2 years from the establishment day on such terms and conditions of service relating to remuneration and superannuation as are not less favourable than the terms and conditions of service relating to remuneration and superannuation to which the person was subject immediately before that day.