Employment Relations Act 1999

Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18)U.K.

5E+W+SThe Employment Rights Act 1996 shall be amended as follows.

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8E+W+SAfter section 47B (protection from detriment: disclosures) insert—

“47C Leave 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.”

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

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

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

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

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15E+W+SIn section 98 (fairness of dismissal)—

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

16E+W+SFor section 99 (unfair dismissal: pregnancy and childbirth) substitute—

“99 Leave 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.”

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31E+W+SIn section 192(2) (armed forces)—

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

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

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

34E+W+SIn 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).

35E+W+SIn 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”.

36E+W+SIn 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,”.

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

(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)”.

39E+W+SIn 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,”.

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

(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 ”.