Employment Act 1982

1982 CHAPTER 46

An Act to provide for compensation out of public funds for certain past cases of dismissal for failure to conform to the requirements of a union membership agreement; to amend the law relating to workers, employers, trade unions and employers’ associations; to make provision with respect to awards by industrial tribunals and awards by, and the procedure of, the Employment Appeal Tribunal; and for connected purposes.

[28th October 1982]

Extent Information

E1For the extent of this Act see s. 22(5) as repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 301(1)(2), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Act applied by S.I. 1976/766, art. 3 as amended by S.I. 1984/1149, art. 2

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s. 22(2); Act wholly in force at 2.1.1983.

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F1S. 1 repealed by Companies Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1985 (c. 9, SIF 27), s. 29, Sch. 1

Unfair dismissalE+W+S

F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F2S. 2 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302,Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F3S. 3 (which was not reproduced in Statutes in Force) is repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F4S. 4 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302,Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F5S. 5 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F6S. 6 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F7S. 7 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch.1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F8S. 8 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F9S. 9 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

Action short of dismissalE+W+S

F1010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F10S. 10 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F1111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F11S. 11 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

Union membership or recognition requirements in contractsE+W+S

F1212. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F12S. 12 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F1313. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F13S. 13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F1414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F14S. 14 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

Trade disputesE+W+S

F1515. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F15S. 15 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F1616. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F16S. 16 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F1717. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F17S. 17 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F1818. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F18S. 18 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

F1919. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F19S. 19 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c.52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 3 para. 2).

Periods of continuous employmentE+W+S

F2020. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

Textual Amendments

F20S. 20 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

SupplementalE+W+S

21 Interpretation, minor and consequential amendments and repeals.E+W+S

F21(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)Schedule 3 to this Act (which makes minor and consequential amendments) shall have effect.

F21(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F21S. 21(1)(3) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

22 Short title, commencement and extent.E+W+S

(1)This Act may be cited as the Employment Act 1982.

(2)This Act, except section 2 and Schedule 1, shall not come into operation until such day as the Secretary of State may appoint by order made by statutory instrument, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes.

(3)An order under this section may contain such transitional and supplemental provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient.

F22(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F22(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F22S. 22(4)(5) repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para 2).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Power of appointment conferred by s. 22(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1982/1656

SCHEDULES

F23SCHEDULE 1E+W+S

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Textual Amendments

F23Sch. 1 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).

Section 20.

SCHEDULE 2E+W+S Change of Basis of Computation of Period of Continuous Employment

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3The text of Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Right to guarantee paymentE+W+S

F351E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F35Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Right to remuneration on suspension on medical groundsE+W+S

F362E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F36Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Right to minimum period of noticeE+W+S

F373E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F37Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Right to written statement of reasons for dismissalE+W+S

F384E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F38Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Right not to be unfairly dismissedE+W+S

F395E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F39Sch. 2 paras. 1-5 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Rights in connection with redundancyE+W+S

6F40(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

F41(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

F41(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F41(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F40Sch. 2 para. 6(1) repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).

F41Sch. 2 para. 6(2)(4)(5) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

F42Sch. 2 para. 6(3) repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s. 29(4), Sch. 7 Pt. I

Computation of period of continuous employmentE+W+S

7F43(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F44(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F43Sch. 2 para. 7(1)(2) repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

F44Sch. 2 para. 7(3) repealed (6.2.1995) by S.I. 1995/31, reg. 6, Sch.

Minor and consequential amendments relating to sections 1 to 4 of the 1978 ActE+W+S

8F45(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E+W+S

F45(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F45(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F45(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)In section 146 of that Act (miscellaneous excluded classes of employment—

F45(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F46(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F45Sch. 2 para. 8(1)-(4), (5)(a) repealed (30.11.1993) by 1993 c. 19, s. 51, Sch. 10; S.I. 1993/2503, art. 2(2), Sch. 2

F46Sch. 2 para. 8(5)(b) repealed (6.2.1995) by S.I. 1995/31, reg. 6, Sch.

Other consequential amendmentsE+W+S

F479E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F47Sch. 2 para. 9 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Section 21.

SCHEDULE 3U.K. Minor and Consequential Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4The text of Sch. 3(1)–(7)(9) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Part IE+W+S Minor Amendments

Unfair dismissal: effective date of terminationE+W+S

F481E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F48Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 1 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Continuity of employment in certain schoolsE+W+S

F492E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F49Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 2 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Insolvent employers: payments to employeesE+W+S

3E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50

Textual Amendments

F50Sch. 3 para. 3 repealed by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), s. 235(3), Sch. 10 Pt. IV

F514E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F51Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 4 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

5E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F52

Textual Amendments

F52Sch. 3 para. 5 repealed by Employment Act 1989 (c. 38, SIF 43:1), s.29(4), Sch. 7 Pt. II

Application of the 1978 Act to employed spousesE+W+S

F536E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F53Sch. 3 Pt. I para. 6 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

Interest on awards made by or on appeal from industrial tribunalsE+W+S

F547E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F54Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 7-9 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38)

Employment Appeal TribunalE+W+S

F558E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F55Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 7-9 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38)

F569E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F56Sch. 3 Pt. I paras. 7-9 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 17, ss. 45, 46, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with s. 38)

Part IIU.K. Consequential Amendments

Courts Act 1919 (c.69)E+W+S

F5710E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F57Sch. 3 paras. 10-13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).

Administration of Justice (Scotland) Act 1972 (c.59)E+W+S

F5811E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F58Sch. 3 paras. 10-13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).

Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 (c.52)E+W+S

F5912E+W+S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F59Sch. 3 paras. 10-13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).

Employment Protection Act 1975 (c.71)U.K.

F6013U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F60Sch. 3 paras. 10-13 repealed (16.10.1992) by Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (c. 52), ss. 300(1), 302, Sch. 1 (with s. 300(3), Sch. 3 para. 2).

Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (c.3)E+W+S

14E+W+SIn section 6 of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act 1977 (duty of Corporations to take steps to establish and maintain machinery for, amongst other things, the resolution of trade disputes), in subsection (2)(b) (in which “trade dispute” is defined by reference to the 1974 Act), for the words “within the meaning of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974” there shall be substituted the words “ within the meaning of the Employment Protection Act 1975 ”.