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Employment Relations Act 1999

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Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)

5The Employment Rights Act 1996 shall be amended as follows.

6In section 37 (contractual requirements for Sunday work: protected workers) omit the following—

(a)subsection (4),

(b)the word “and” after subsection (5)(a), and

(c)subsection (5)(b).

7In section 43 (contractual requirements relating to Sunday work: opting out) omit the following—

(a)subsection (4),

(b)the word “and” after subsection (5)(a), and

(c)subsection (5)(b).

8After section 47B (protection from detriment: disclosures) insert—

47CLeave for family and domestic reasons

(1)An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done for a prescribed reason.

(2)A prescribed reason is one which is prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State and which relates to—

(a)pregnancy, childbirth or maternity,

(b)ordinary, compulsory or additional maternity leave,

(c)parental leave, or

(d)time off under section 57A.

(3)A reason prescribed under this section in relation to parental leave may relate to action which an employee takes, agrees to take or refuses to take under or in respect of a collective or workforce agreement.

(4)Regulations under this section may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.

9In section 48(1) (detriment: complaints to employment tribunals) for “or 47A” substitute “, 47A or 47C”.

10In section 88(1)(c) (notice period: employment with normal working hours) after “childbirth” insert “or on parental leave”.

11In section 89(3)(b) (notice period: employment without normal working hours) after “childbirth” insert “or on parental leave”.

12In section 92(4)(b) (right to written statement of reasons for dismissal) for “maternity leave period” substitute “ordinary or additional maternity leave period”.

13Omit section 96 (failure to permit return after childbirth treated as dismissal).

14Omit section 97(6) (effective date of termination: section 96).

15In section 98 (fairness of dismissal)—

(a)omit subsection (5), and

(b)in subsection (6) for “subsections (4) and (5)” substitute “subsection (4)”.

16For section 99 (unfair dismissal: pregnancy and childbirth) substitute—

99Leave for family reasons

(1)An employee who is dismissed shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as unfairly dismissed if—

(a)the reason or principal reason for the dismissal is of a prescribed kind, or

(b)the dismissal takes place in prescribed circumstances.

(2)In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.

(3)A reason or set of circumstances prescribed under this section must relate to—

(a)pregnancy, childbirth or maternity,

(b)ordinary, compulsory or additional maternity leave,

(c)parental leave, or

(d)time off under section 57A;

and it may also relate to redundancy or other factors.

(4)A reason or set of circumstances prescribed under subsection (1) satisfies subsection (3)(c) or (d) if it relates to action which an employee—

(a)takes,

(b)agrees to take, or

(c)refuses to take,

under or in respect of a collective or workforce agreement which deals with parental leave.

(5)Regulations under this section may—

(a)make different provision for different cases or circumstances;

(b)apply any enactment, in such circumstances as may be specified and subject to any conditions specified, in relation to persons regarded as unfairly dismissed by reason of this section.

17In section 105 (unfair dismissal: redundancy) omit subsection (2).

18In section 108 (qualifying period of employment) omit subsection (3)(a).

19In section 109 (upper age limit) omit subsection (2)(a).

20In section 114 (order for reinstatement) omit subsection (5).

21In section 115 (order for re-engagement) omit subsection (4).

22In section 118(1)(b) (compensation: general) omit “, 127”.

23In section 119 (compensation: basic award) omit subsection (6).

24Omit section 127 (dismissal at or after end of maternity leave period).

25Omit section 137 (failure to permit return after childbirth treated as dismissal).

26In section 145 (redundancy payments: relevant date) omit subsection (7).

27In section 146 (supplemental provisions) omit subsection (3).

28In section 156 (upper age limit) omit subsection (2).

29In section 157 (exemption orders) omit subsection (6).

30In section 162 (amount of redundancy payment) omit subsection (7).

31In section 192(2) (armed forces)—

(a)after paragraph (aa) insert—

(ab)section 47C,, and

(b)in paragraph (b) for “55 to 57” substitute “55 to 57B”.

32In section 194(2)(c) (House of Lords staff) for “and 47” substitute “, 47 and 47C”.

33In section 195(2)(c) (House of Commons staff) for “and 47” substitute “, 47 and 47C”.

34In section 199 (mariners)—

(a)in subsection (2) for “50 to 57” substitute “47C, 50 to 57B”.

(b)in subsection (2) omit the words “(subject to subsection (3))”, and

(c)omit subsection (3).

35In section 200(1) (police officers)—

(a)after “47B,” insert “47C,”,

(b)for “to 57” substitute “to 57B”,

(c)after “93” insert “and”, and

(d)omit “and section 137”.

36In section 202(2) (national security)—

(a)in paragraph (b) for “and 47” substitute “, 47 and 47C”,

(b)in paragraph (c) for “55 to 57” substitute “55 to 57B”, and

(c)in paragraph (g) for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

(i)by section 99, 100, 101A(d) or 103, or by section 104 in its application in relation to time off under section 57A,.

37In section 209 (power to amend Act) omit subsection (6).

38(1)Section 212 (weeks counted in computing period of employment) is amended as follows.

(2)Omit subsection (2).

(3)In subsection (3)—

(a)insert “or” after paragraph (b),

(b)omit “or” after paragraph (c), and

(c)omit paragraph (d).

(4)In subsection (4) omit “or (subject to subsection (2)) subsection (3)(d)”.

39In section 225(5)(b) (calculation date: rights during employment) for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—

(i)where the day before that on which the suspension begins falls during a period of ordinary or additional maternity leave, the day before the beginning of that period,.

40In section 226 (rights on termination) omit subsections (3)(a) and (5)(a).

41In section 235(1) (interpretation: other definitions) omit the definitions of “maternity leave period” and “notified day of return”.

42(1)Section 236 (orders and regulations) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (2)(a) after “order” insert “or regulations”.

(3)In subsection (3)—

(a)after “and no order” insert “or regulations”,

(b)for “72(3), 73(5), 79(3),” substitute “47C, 71, 72, 73, 76, 99,”, and

(c)for “or order” substitute “, order or regulations”.

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