Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993

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Jurisdiction	UK Non-devolved
Citation	1993 c. 19

Contenidos

Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993
Part I: Trade Unions etc.

Union elections and ballots

1: Election scrutineer to check register.
2: Counting of election votes etc. by independent person.
3: Political fund ballots.
4: Ballots for union amalgamations and transfers of engagements.
5: Ballots for union amalgamations and transfers of engagements: notice not to include influential material.
6: Confidentiality of trade union’s register of members’ names and addresses.
7: Ballots: repeal of provisions for financial assistance and use of employers’ premises

Financial affairs of unions etc.

8: Annual return to contain additional information.: In section 32(3) of the 1992 Act (contents of annual return)—
9: Statement to members following annual return.
10: Investigation of financial affairs.
11: Offences.
12: Disqualification of offenders.

Rights in relation to union membership

13: Action short of dismissal: non-infringing actions.
14: Right not to be excluded or expelled.
15: Right not to suffer deduction of unauthorised or excessive subscriptions.
16: Extension of right not to be unjustifiably disciplined.

Industrial action

17: Requirement of postal ballot.
18: Notice of ballot and sample voting paper for employers.
19: Ballot result for employers.
20: Scrutiny of ballots.
21: Notice of industrial action for employers.
22: Industrial action affecting supply of goods or services to an individual.

Part II: Employment Rights

Maternity

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Employment particulars

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Employment protection in health and safety cases

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Unfair dismissal: assertion of statutory right

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Reinstatement orders: compensation

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Service in armed forces

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Sex discrimination

32: Right to declaration of invalidity of discriminatory terms and rules.

Transfer and redundancy rights

33: Amendments of transfer of undertakings regulations.
34: Redundancy consultation procedures.

Part III: Other Employment Matters

Abolition of right to statutory minimum remuneration

35: Repeal of Part II of Wages Act 1986.

Constitution and jurisdiction of tribunals

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39: Agreements not to take proceedings before employment tribunal.
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ACAS

43: Functions of ACAS.
44: Fees for exercise of functions by ACAS.

Careers services

45: Careers services.
46: Careers services: ancillary services.

Training etc. in Scotland

47: Employment and training functions of Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Part IV: Supplementary

48: Interpretation.
49: Miscellaneous and consequential amendments.

50: Transitional provisions and savings.
51: Repeals and revocations.
52: Commencement.
53: Financial provision.: There shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

54: Northern Ireland.

55: Short title.

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Section 3.
Political fund ballots

SCHEDULE 2
SCHEDULE 3
SCHEDULE 4 Section 26.
SCHEDULE 5
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SCHEDULE 6 Section 39(2).
Compromise Contracts

Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c.65)
Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
Wages Act 1986 (c.48)
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)

SCHEDULE 7 Section 49(1).
Miscellaneous Amendments

Unfair selection for dismissal in redundancy cases:exclusion of qualifying conditions
Qualifying period for unfair dismissal protection: small businesses
Application of 1978 Act to Crown Employment and House of Commons Staff
Restrictions on disclosure of information, etc on grounds of national security
Extension of employment protection provisions and related legislation to House of Lords Staff
Power to extend 1978 Act in certain health and safety cases
Power to provide for continuity of employment following reinstatement or re-engagement
Codes of practice on employment : use in proceedings
Parliamentary procedure: orders modifying application of redundancy provisions
Miscellaneous minor corrections and amendments

SCHEDULE 8 Section 49(2).
Consequential amendments

The Factories Act 1961 (c. 34)
The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (c. 13)
The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (c. 44)
The Employment Agencies Act 1973 (c. 35)
The Employment and Training Act 1973 (c. 50)
The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24)
The Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 25)
The Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (c. 65)
The Race Relations Act 1976 (c. 74)
The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44)
The Agricultural Training Board Act 1982 (c. 9)
The Industrial Training Act 1982 (c. 10)
The Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45)
The Wages Act 1986 (c. 48)
The Employment Act 1988 (c. 19)
The Legal Aid Act 1988 (c. 34)
The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52)

SCHEDULE 9 Section 50.
Transitional provisions and savings

General
Deduction of trade union subscriptions
Employment particulars
Transfers of undertakings
Wages Councils

SCHEDULE 10 Section 51.
Repeals and revocations

Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993

1993 c. 19

An Act to make further reforms of the law relating to trade unions and industrial relations; to make amendments of the law relating to employment rights and to abolish the right to statutory minimum remuneration; to amend the law relating to the constitution and jurisdiction of employment tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal; to amend section 56A of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975; to provide for the Secretary of State to have functions of securing the provision of careers services; to make further provision about employment and training functions of Scottish Enterprise and of Highlands and Islands Enterprise; and for connected purposes.

[1st July 1993]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and...

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