Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993
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The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c 19) was a United Kingdom
Act of Parliament
designed to make amendments and consolidate parts of UK labour law, in particular the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
. It also altered the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
, and its reforms in individual labour law are now found in the Employment Rights Act 1996
.
United Kingdom
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Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament
An Act of Parliament is a statute enacted as primary legislation by a national or sub-national parliament. In the Republic of Ireland the term Act of the Oireachtas is used, and in the United States the term Act of Congress is used.In Commonwealth countries, the term is used both in a narrow...
designed to make amendments and consolidate parts of UK labour law, in particular the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
Employment Protection Act 1978 was a UK Act of Parliament that formed a central part of UK labour law. Its descendant is the Employment Rights Act 1996. It consolidated two pieces of legislation, the Contracts of Employment Act 1963 and the Redundancy Payments Act 1965.-External links:**...
. It also altered the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992
The Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1992 is a UK Act of Parliament which regulates British labour law. The Act applies in full in England and Wales and in Scotland, and partially in Northern Ireland....
, and its reforms in individual labour law are now found in the Employment Rights Act 1996
Employment Rights Act 1996
The Employment Rights Act 1996 is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament passed by the Conservative government to codify the existing law on individual rights in UK labour law. Previous statutes, dating from the Contracts of Employment Act 1963, included the Redundancy Payments Act 1965, the...
.
Overview
- ss 43 and 44 narrowed the powers of ACASACASACAS may refer to:In aviation:* Airborne Collision Avoidance System, an International Civil Aviation Organization standard* Assistant Chief of the Air Staff, a senior appointment in the Royal Air ForceIn other fields:...
, removing power to intervene in collective bargaining by giving advice, and stressing its new "advisory" role, making its services not free of charge, stipulating that ACAS's chairman need not be full time, and introducing "compromise agreements"