Employment Act 1980
Trade union ballots and Codes of Practice
1 Payments in respect of secret ballots.
2 Secret ballots on employer’s premises.
3 Issue by Secretary of State of Codes of Practice.
Exclusion from trade union membership
4 Unreasonable exclusion or expulsion from trade union.
5 Compensation.
Unfair dismissal
6 Determination of unfair dismissal
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8 Exclusion of rights.
9 Basic award.
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Maternity
11 Notices to the employer.
12 Right to return.
13 Time off for ante-natal care.
Other rights of employees
14 Guarantee payments.
15 Action short of dismissal relating to trade union membership and activities.
Restrictions on legal liability
16 Picketing.
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Miscellaneous and general
19 Enactments ceasing to have effect.
20 Interpretation, minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
21 Short title, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULE 1 Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Post Office Act 1969.
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The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974
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The Employment Protection Act 1975
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The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
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SCHEDULE 2

Employment Act 1980

1980 c.42

An Act to provide for payments out of public funds towards trade unions’ expenditure in respect of ballots, for the use of employers’ premises in connection with ballots, and for the issue by the Secretary of State of Codes of Practice for the improvement of industrial relations; to make provision in respect of exclusion or expulsion from trade unions and otherwise to amend the law relating to workers, employers, trade unions and employers’ associations; to repeal section 1A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974; and for connected purposes.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
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Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 21(2); Act wholly in force at 22.12.1980

Extent Information
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The extent provision of this Act as originally enacted was repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202); see s. 21