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Employment Relations Bill

This is the text of the Employment Relations Bill, as amended on Report in the House of Lords and printed on 8th July 1999.

 
 
  
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.
14.Contracting out and conciliation.
15.National security employees.

Other rights of individuals
16.Unfair dismissal of striking workers.
17.Collective agreements: detriment and dismissal.
18.Agreement to exclude dismissal rights.
19.Part-time work: discrimination.
20.Part-time work: code of practice.
21.Code of practice: supplemental.
22.National minimum wage: communities.
23.Power to confer rights on individuals.

CAC, ACAS, Commissioners and Certification Officer
24.CAC: members.
25.CAC: proceedings.
26.ACAS: general duty.
27.ACAS: reports.
28.Abolition of Commissioners.
29.The Certification Officer.

Miscellaneous
30.Partnerships at work.
31.Employment agencies.
32.Employment rights: employment outside Great Britain.
33.Unfair dismissal: special and additional awards.
34.Indexation of amounts, &c.
35.Guarantee payments.
36.Sections 33 to 35: consequential.
37.Compensatory award etc: removal of limit in certain cases.
38.Transfer of undertakings.
39.Minimum wage: information.
40.Dismissal of school staff.
41.National security.

General
42.Orders and regulations.
43.Finance.
44.Repeals.
45.Commencement.
46.Extent.
47.Citation.
 

SCHEDULES:
    Schedule 1-Collective Bargaining: Recognition.
    Schedule 2-Union Membership: Detriment.
    Schedule 3-Ballots and notices.
    Schedule 4-Leave for Family Reasons Etc.
    Part I-Maternity Leave and Parental Leave.
    Part II-Time off for Dependants.
    Part III-Consequential Amendments.
    Schedule 5-Unfair Dismissal of Striking Workers.
    Schedule 6-The Certification Officer.
    Schedule 7-Employment Agencies.
    Schedule 8-National Security.
    Schedule 9-Repeals.
 

 
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