Employment Act 1989

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Jurisdiction	UK Non-devolved
Citation	1989 c. 38
Year	1989

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Employment Act 1989
Overriding of provisions requiring discrimination as respects employment or training

1: Overriding of statutory requirements which conflict with certain provisions of 1975 Act.
2: Power of Secretary of State to repeal statutory provisions requiring discrimination as respects employment or training.

Circumstances where discrimination as respects employment or training is permissible

3: Restriction of exemption for discrimination required by or under statute.
4: Exemption for discrimination under certain provisions concerned with the protection of women at work.
5: Exemption for discrimination in connection with certain educational appointments.
6: Power of Secretary of State to exempt particular acts of discrimination required by or under statute.

Discrimination as respects training

7: Prohibition of discrimination in connection with provision of training.
8: Power to exempt discrimination in favour of lone parents in connection with training.

Removal of restrictions and other requirements relating to employment

9: Repeal or modification of provisions requiring different treatment of different categories of employees.
10: Removal of restrictions relating to employment of young persons.

11: Exemption of Sikhs from requirements as to wearing of safety helmets at workplaces.

12: Protection of Sikhs from racial discrimination in connection with requirements as to wearing of safety helmets.

Written statements of terms of employment

13: Provision of particulars of disciplinary procedures.

Time off for trade union duties

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Reasons for dismissal

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Redundancy

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Insolvency

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Pre-hearing reviews

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Removal of requirement to register storage of film

21: Removal of requirement to notify local authority of storage of celluloid film.

Dissolution of Training Commission

22: Dissolution of Training Commission.

Industrial training boards

23: Consultation in connection with industrial training orders.
24: Transfer of assets or staff of industrial training boards.

25: Constitution of industrial training boards.

Transfer of staff employed in Skills Training Agency

26: Transfer of staff employed in Skills Training Agency.

General

27: Power to make corresponding provision for Northern Ireland.

28: Orders.

29: Interpretation, minor and consequential amendments, repeals, etc.

30: Short title, commencement and extent.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Section 4.
Provisions Concerned with Protection of Women at Work

Enactments
Statutory instruments
Other instruments

SCHEDULE 2 Section 9.
Revocation etc. of Subordinate Legislation Requiring Different Treatment of Certain Employees

Part I: Provisions Revoked
Part II: Amendments

SCHEDULE 3 Section 10.
Removal of Restrictions Relating to Employment of Young Persons

Part I: Repeals relating to Restrictions with Respect to Hours of Employment and Holidays
Part II: Repeals Relating to Other Requirements
Part III: Amendment of Certain Age Limits

SCHEDULE 4 Section 22(4).
Dissolution of Training Commission: Amendments of the Industrial Training Act 1982

SCHEDULE 5 Section 22(5).
Dissolution of Training Commission: Supplementary Provisions

Interpretation
Incorporation of Secretary of State for Employment
Provisions as to the vesting of property etc. of Commission
Final accounts
Provisions relating to the 1982 Act
Notifications of vacancies etc. for purposes of unemployment benefit
Saving of 1988 Order

SCHEDULE 6 Section 29(3).
Minor and Consequential Amendments

Employment of Women, Young Persons, and Children Act 1920 (c.65)
Shops Act 1950 (c. 28)
Factories Act 1961 (c. 34)
Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37)
Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50)
Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37)
Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
Scottish Development Agency Act 1975 (c. 69)
Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 (c. 70)
Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
Development of Rural Wales Act 1976 (c. 75)
Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44)
Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)
Agricultural Training Board Act 1982 (c. 9)
Industrial Training Act 1982 (c. 10)
Sex Discrimination Act 1986 (c. 59)

SCHEDULE 7 Section 29(4).
Repeals

Part I: Repeals coming into force on Royal Assent
Part II: Repeals coming into force two months after Royal Assent
Part III: Repeals coming into force on a day appointed under s. 30(4)

SCHEDULE 8 Section 29(5).
Instruments revoked
SCHEDULE 9 Section 29(6).
Transitional Provisions and Savings

Sex discrimination
Time off for trade union duties
Redundancy payments: assimilation of age limits
Redundancy rebates
Insolvency payments
Appointments to industrial training boards

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