Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act 1989

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I The Fair Employment Commission, the Fair Employment Tribunal and the Functions of the Commission and the Tribunal

   1. The Fair Employment Commission for Northern Ireland

      1. 1. The Fair Employment Commission.

   2. The Fair Employment Tribunal for Northern Ireland

      1. 2. Constitution of the Tribunal.

      2. 3. The President and Vice-President.

      3. 4. Remuneration and allowances.

      4. 5. Tribunal procedure.

      5. 6. Complaints involving matters within the jurisdiction of industrial tribunal.

   3. Code of practice

      1. 7. Code of practice for the promotion of equality of opportunity.

      2. 8. Contents of the code.

      3. 9. Approval of code.

   4. Identification of patterns and trends of employment, etc.

      1. 10. Survey of employment, etc., patterns.

   5. Investigation of practices

      1. 11. Investigation of employment etc., practices.

   6. Undertakings or directions for promoting equality of opportunity

      1. 12. Undertaking following investigation under section 11.

      2. 13. Voluntary undertakings.

      3. 14. Directions under sections 12 and 13.

   7. Appeals and legal proceedings in relation to undertakings and directions

      1. 15. Appeal to Tribunal against directions under section 12 or 13.

      2. 16. Order of Tribunal to enforce undertaking or directions.

      3. 17. Failure to comply with order of Tribunal.

      4. 18. Appeal to Court of Appeal from certain decisions of Tribunal.

   8. Confidentiality of information

      1. 19. Confidentiality of information.

   9. General

      1. 20. Meaning of “equality of opportunity”.

      2. 21. Interpretation of Part I.

3. Part II New Duties of Employers in Respect of Their Workforces

   1. The register

      1. 22. The register of concerns in which people are employed.

      2. 23. Employers to apply for registration.

      3. 24. Rectification of the register.

   2. Public authorities

      1. 25. Power to specify public authorities by order.

      2. 26. Certain public authorities to be treated as employers.

   3. Monitoring the workforce

      1. 27. Monitoring returns.

      2. 28. Regulations as to monitoring.

      3. 29. Monitoring applicants.

      4. 30. Confidentiality of monitoring information.

   4. Review of recruitment, training and promotion practices

      1. 31. Periodic reviews by employers.

   5. Enquiries, undertakings and directions

      1. 32. Enquiries by the Commission.

      2. 33. Undertakings in connection with monitoring and reviews.

      3. 34. Directions.

      4. 35. Application of sections 15 to 18.

   6. Goals and timetables

      1. 36. Notices about goals and timetables.

      2. 37. Power to secure further undertakings or issue further directions.

   7. Employers in default and connected persons: restrictions on dealing with them or giving them financial assistance

      1. 38. Employers in default: notice stating they are not qualified.

      2. 39. Notice stating that connected and other persons are not qualified.

      3. 40. Appeals against decisions of Tribunal under sections 38 and 39.

      4. 41. Restriction on execution of works, etc. by unqualified persons.

      5. 42. Enforcement at instance of Commission and actions for breach of duty.

      6. 43. Denial of financial assistance to unqualified persons.

   8. General

      1. 44. Offences by bodies corporate and partnerships.

      2. 45. Additional powers of Commission to obtain information.

      3. 46. Procedure in case of default by Crown bodies.

      4. 47. Interpretation of Part II.

      5. 48. Index to Part II.

4. Part III Discrimination

   1. 49. Meaning of “discrimination”.

   2. 50. Complaints of unlawful discrimination.

   3. 51. Power of High Court to revise contracts.

   4. 52. Discriminatory advertisements.

   5. 53. Provision of training.

   6. 54. Redundancy.

   7. 55. Measures to encourage applications etc. from under-represented community.

5. Part IV Miscellaneous and General

   1. 56. Restriction on proceedings for contravention of legislation.

   2. 57. Regulations and orders.

   3. 58. Meaning of “affirmative action”.

   4. 59. Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.

   5. 60. Citation, commencement and extent.

6. 1. Schedule 1

      Conduct of investigations by the Commission.

   2. Schedule 2

      Minor and consequential amendments.

   3. Schedule 3

      Repeals.