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Employment Relations Bill

This is the text of the Employment Relations Bill, as passed by the House of Commons and introduced in the House of Lords on 13th April 1999.

 
EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory Notes to the Bill, prepared by the Department of Trade and Industry, are published separately as HL Bill 48- EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

The Lord Simon of Highbury has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Employment Relations Bill are compatible with the Convention rights.

 
  
Employment Relations Bill
 
 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF CLAUSES

Trade unions
Clause 
1.Collective bargaining: recognition.
2.Detriment related to trade union membership.
3.Blacklists.
4.Ballots and notices.
5.Training.
6.Unfair dismissal connected with recognition: interim relief.

Leave for family and domestic reasons
7.Maternity and parental leave.
8.Time off for domestic incidents.
9.Consequential amendments.

Disciplinary and grievance hearings
10.Right to be accompanied.
11.Complaint to employment tribunal.
12.Detriment and dismissal.
13.Interpretation.

Other rights of individuals
14.Unfair dismissal of striking workers.
15.Collective agreements: detriment and dismissal.
16.Agreement to exclude dismissal rights.
17.Part-time work: discrimination.
18.Part-time work: code of practice.
19.Code of practice: supplemental.
20.Power to confer rights on individuals.

CAC, ACAS, Commissioners and Certification Officer
21.CAC: members.
22.CAC: proceedings.
23.ACAS: general duty.
24.Abolition of Commissioners.
25.The Certification Officer.

Miscellaneous
26.Partnerships at work.
27.Employment agencies.
28.Unfair dismissal: special and additional awards.
29.Indexation of amounts, &c.
30.Guarantee payments.
31.Sections 28 to 30: consequential.
32.Compensatory award etc: removal of limit in certain cases.

General
33.Orders and regulations.
34.Finance.
35.Repeals.
36.Commencement.
37.Extent.
38.Citation.
 

SCHEDULES:
    Schedule 1-Collective Bargaining: Recognition.
    Schedule 2-Union Membership: Detriment.
    Schedule 3-Ballots and notices.
    Schedule 4-Leave for Family and Domestic Reasons.
    Part I-Maternity Leave and Parental Leave.
    Part II-Time off for Domestic Incidents.
    Part III-Consequential Amendments.
    Schedule 5-Unfair Dismissal of Striking Workers.
    Schedule 6-The Certification Officer.
    Schedule 7-Employment Agencies.
    Schedule 8-Repeals.
 

 
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