Introduction
Overview of the Act
Commentary on Sections
Part One: Statutory Leave and Pay
Chapter One: Paternity and adoption leave and pay
Paternity leave and Statutory Paternity Pay
Section 1: Paternity leave
Section 2: Statutory Paternity Pay
Adoption leave and Statutory Adoption Pay
Section 3: Adoption leave
Section 4: Statutory Adoption Pay
Section 17: Maternity Leave
Section 18-21 and 48 (see paragraph 142): Maternity Pay
Section 18: Maternity Pay Period
Section 19: Rate of Statutory Maternity Pay
Section 20: Entitlement to Statutory Maternity Pay
Section 21: Funding of employers’ liabilities: Statutory Maternity Pay
Part 2: Tribunal Reform
Costs and expenses
Section 22: Awards of costs or expenses against representatives
Section 22: Payments in respect of preparation time
Section 23: Costs and expenses in the Employment Appeal Tribunal
Miscellaneous
Conciliation
Section 24: Fixed period of conciliation
Section 25: Power to delegate prescription of forms etc.
Section 26: Determination without a hearing
Section 27: Practice directions
Section 28: Pre-hearing reviews
Part 3: Dispute Resolution Etc.
Statutory Procedures
Employment Particulars
Sections 35-38: Changes to written statements of terms and conditions
Part 4: Miscellaneous and General
Section 42: Equal pay questionnaire
Section 43: Union Learning Representatives
Section 44: Dismissal Procedures Agreement
Section 45: Fixed term work
Section 46: Fixed-term work: Northern Ireland
Section 47 and Schedule 7: Flexible working
80F Statutory right to request contract variation
80G Employers’ duties in relation to applications under section 80F
80H Complaints to employment tribunals
80I Remedies
Section 48: Rate of maternity allowance
Section 49: Work-focused interviews for partners
Section 2AA: Full entitlement to certain benefits conditional on work-focused interview for partner
Section 50: Use of information for, or relating to, employment and training
Schedules
Financial Effects of the Act
Public Service Staffing Effects
Summary of Regulatory Impact Assessment
Overview of the impact of the Act
Better dispute management
Removing procedural traps in unfair dismissal cases
Fixed period of conciliation in all Tribunal cases
Wasted costs
Equal Pay questionnaire
Overall effect of dispute resolution procedures
Participation in the labour market and retention, and development of skills
Paternity leave and pay
Adoption leave and pay
Maternity Pay
Duty to consider requests for flexible working from the parents of young children
Putting Union learning representatives (ULR) on a statutory footing
Preventing pay and pensions discrimination against fixed term employees
Impact on small businesses
Summary Table
Quantifiable Benefits
Quantifiable Costs
Commencement
European Convention on Human Rights
Hansard References
Glossary
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