Employment Protection Act 1975

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I Machinery for Promoting the Improvement of Industrial Relations

   1. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, etc

      1. 1. Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service

      2. 2. Conciliation

      3. 3. Arbitration

      4. 4. Advice

      5. 5. Inquiry

      6. 6. Codes of Practice

      7. 7. Certification Officer

      8. 8. Certification as independent trade union

      9. 9. Custody of documents

      10. 10. Central Arbitration Committee

   2. Recognition of trade unions

      1. 11. Reference of recognition issue to Service

      2. 12. Inquiry and report on recognition issue

      3. 13. Application for variation or revocation of recommendation

      4. 14. Inquiries under ss. 12 and 13

      5. 15. Complaint of failure to comply with recommendation

      6. 16. Application arising from failure to comply with recommendation

   3. Disclosure of information

      1. 17. General duty of employers to disclose information

      2. 18. Restrictions on general duty under s. 17

      3. 19. Complaint of failure to disclose information

      4. 20. Further complaint arising from failure to disclose information

      5. 21. Determination of claim and award

3. Part II Rights of Employees

   1. Guarantee payments

      1. 22. Right to guarantee payment

      2. 23. General exclusions from right under s. 22

      3. 24. Calculation of guarantee payment

      4. 25. Limits on amount of and entitlement to guarantee payment

      5. 26. Supplementary

      6. 27. Complaint to industrial tribunal

      7. 28. Exemption orders

   2. Suspension on medical grounds

      1. 29. Right to remuneration on suspension on medical grounds

      2. 30. General exclusions from right under s. 29

      3. 31. Calculation of remuneration

      4. 32. Complaint to industrial tribunal

      5. 33. Dismissal of replacement

   3. Maternity

      1. 34. Dismissal on grounds of pregnancy

      2. 35. Rights of employee in connection with pregnancy and confinement

      3. 36. Maternity pay

      4. 37. Calculation of maternity pay

      5. 38. Complaint to industrial tribunal of failure to pay maternity pay

      6. 39. Maternity Pay Fund

      7. 40. Financing of Maternity Pay Fund

      8. 41. Advances out of National Loans Fund

      9. 42. Maternity pay rebate

      10. 43. Payments to employees out of Maternity Pay Fund

      11. 44. Unreasonable default by employer

      12. 45. Supplementary provisions in relation to employer's insolvency

      13. 46. Complaint and appeals to industrial tribunal

      14. 47. Provisions as to information

      15. 48. Right to return to work

      16. 49. Exercise of right to return

      17. 50. Failure to permit to return treated as dismissal

      18. 51. Dismissal of replacement

      19. 52. Interpretation of ss. 35 to 51

   4. Trade union membership and activities

      1. 53. Trade union membership and activities

      2. 54. Complaint to industrial tribunal

      3. 55. Supplementary

      4. 56. Assessment of compensation on complaint under s. 54

   5. Time off work

      1. 57. Time off for carrying out trade union duties

      2. 58. Time off for trade union activities

      3. 59. Time off for public duties

      4. 60. Provisions as to industrial tribunals

      5. 61. Time off to look for work or make arrangements for training

      6. 62. Provisions supplementary to ss. 57 to 61

   6. Insolvency

      1. 63. Priority of certain debts on insolvency

      2. 64. Employee's rights on insolvency of employer

      3. 65. Payment of unpaid contributions to occupational pension scheme

      4. 66. Complaint to industrial tribunal

      5. 67. Transfer to the Secretary of State of rights and remedies

      6. 68. Power of Secretary of State to obtain information in connection with applications

      7. 69. Interpretation of ss. 64 to 68

   7. Written statement of reasons for dismissal

      1. 70. Written statement of reasons for dismissal

   8. Remedies for unfair dismissal

      1. 71. Order for reinstatement or re-engagement

      2. 72. Enforcement of s. 71 order and compensation

      3. 73. Compensation for unfair dismissal

      4. 74. Calculation of basic award

      5. 75. Provisions supplementary to s. 74

      6. 76. Calculation of compensatory award

      7. 77. Compensation for act which is both sex discrimination and unfair dismissal

      8. 78. Interim relief pending determination of complaint of unfair dismissal

      9. 79. Orders for continuation of contract of employment

      10. 80. Supplementary provisions as to interim relief

   9. Itemised pay statement

      1. 81. Right to itemised pay statement

      2. 82. Standing statement of fixed deductions

      3. 83. Supplementary

      4. 84. Reference to industrial tribunal

   10. Normal working hours and a week's pay

       1. 85. Calculation of normal working hours and a week's pay

       2. 86. Review of limits

   11. Employment Appeal Tribunal

       1. 87. Establishment and membership of Employment Appeal Tribunal

       2. 88. Appeals from industrial tribunals and Certification Officer

4. Part III Regulation of Terms and Conditions of Employment

   1. Wages councils and statutory joint industrial councils

      1. 89. Amendments of Wages Councils Act 1959

      2. 90. Conversion of wages councils to statutory joint industrial councils

      3. 91. Functions of statutory joint industrial councils

      4. 92. Disputes between employers' and workers' representatives

      5. 93. Abolition of statutory joint industrial councils

      6. 94. Supplementary

      7. 95. Power to obtain information

      8. 96. Duty of the Service to report on machinery for regulating remuneration and terms and conditions of employment

   2. Powers of Agricultural Wages Boards

      1. 97. Amendments of Agricultural Wages Acts

   3. Extension of terms and conditions

      1. 98. Extension of terms and conditions

5. Part IV Procedure for Handling Redundancies

   1. 99. Duty of employer to consult trade union representatives on redundancy

   2. 100. Duty of employer to notify Secretary of State of certain redundancies

   3. 101. Complaint by trade union and protective award

   4. 102. Entitlement under protective award

   5. 103. Complaint by employee to industrial tribunal

   6. 104. Reduction of rebate on failure to notify redundancies

   7. 105. Offence and proceedings

   8. 106. Supplementary

   9. 107. Power to adapt foregoing provisions in case of collective agreements on redundancies

6. Part V Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

   1. 108. General provisions as to industrial tribunals and conciliation officers

   2. 109. Power to confer jurisdiction on industrial tribunals in respect of damages, etc., for breach of contract of employment

   3. 110. Death of employee or employer

   4. 111. Disentitlement to unemployment benefit and supplementary benefit during trade dispute

   5. 112. Entitlement to unemployment benefit and recoupment of that benefit and supplementary benefit

   6. 113. Payments which are to be treated as earnings for social security purposes

   7. 114. Amendments of the Employment Agencies Act 1973

   8. 115. Amendments of the Employment and Training Act 1973

   9. 116. Amendments of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

   10. 117. Offences by bodies corporate

   11. 118. Restrictions on contracting out

   12. 119. Excluded classes of employment

   13. 120. Transfers to and from Crown employment

   14. 121. Application to Crown

   15. 122. Application of employment legislation to House of Commons staff

   16. 123. Orders, rules and regulations

   17. 124. Financial provisions

   18. 125. Minor and consequential amendments, transitional provisions and repeals

   19. 126. Interpretation

   20. 127. Power to extend employment legislation

   21. 128. Northern Ireland

   22. 129. Short title, commencement and extent

7. 1. Schedule 1

      Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, etc

      1. PART I Constitution, etc., of Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service and its Council

      2. Part II Central Arbitration Committee

      3. Part III Supplementary provisions

   2. Schedule 2

      Provisions leading to suspension on medical grounds

   3. Schedule 3

      Supplementary provisions as to maternity

   4. Schedule 4

      Calculation of normal working hours and a week's pay

      1. PART I Normal working hours

      2. Part II A week's pay

   5. Schedule 5

      Schedule 2 to the Contracts of Employment Act 1972, as substituted

   6. Schedule 6

      Employment Appeal Tribunal

      1. PART I Provisions as to membership, sittings, proceedings and powers

      2. Part II Supplementary

   7. Schedule 7

      Amendments of Wages Councils Act 1959

      1. PART I Section 11, as substituted

      2. Part II Section 12, as substituted

      3. Part III Schedule 2, as substituted

      4. Part IV Minor and consequential amendments

   8. Schedule 8

      Statutory joint industrial councils

      1. PART I Constitution, etc

      2. Part II Transitional provisions

   9. Schedule 9

      Amendments of Agricultural Wages Act 1948

      1. PART I Section 3, as substituted

      2. Part II Minor and consequential amendments

   10. Schedule 10

       Amendments of Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949

       1. PART I Section 3, as substituted

       2. Part II Minor and consequential amendments

   11. Schedule 11

       Extension of terms and conditions

       1. PART I Recognised terms and conditions and general level of terms and conditions

       2. Part II Collectively negotiated terms and conditions in certain industries

   12. Schedule 12

       Death of employee or employer

       1. PART I General

       2. Part II Unfair Dismissal

   13. Schedule 13

       Amendments of Employment Agencies Act 1973

   14. Schedule 14

       Amendments of Employment and Training Act 1973

   15. Schedule 15

       Amendments of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974

   16. Schedule 16

       Minor and consequential amendments

       1. PART I Redundancy Payments Act 1965

       2. Part II Contracts of Employment Act 1972

       3. Part III Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974

       4. Part IV Miscellaneous amendments

   17. Schedule 17

       Transitional provisions

   18. Schedule 18

       Enactments repealed