Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/part/V/2014-04-01
Timestamp: 2019-07-23 08:08:00
Document Index: 430450613

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 22', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 22', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

06/10/1996- Amendment
24/12/2003- Amendment
16/08/2004- Amendment
Employment Rights Act 1996, Part V is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 23 July 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
[F645A Working time cases.E+W+S
(4) This section does not apply where a worker is an employee and the detriment in question amounts to dismissal within the meaning of Part X F7 . . ..
[F8(5)A reference in this section to the Working Time Regulations 1998 includes a reference to
[F9(a)]the Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003.
[F10(b)the Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004.]
[F11(c)the Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008]
[F12(d)the Merchant Shipping (Hours of Work) Regulations 2002.]]]
F6S. 45A inserted (1.10.1998) by S.I. 1998/1833, reg. 31(1)
F7Words in s. 45A repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 18(3), 44, Sch. 9(3); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2(2))
F8S. 45A(5) inserted (24.12.2003) by The Merchant Shipping (Working Time: Inland Waterways) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3049), reg. 20, Sch. 2 para. 3(2)
F9S. 45A(5): words renumbered as s. 45A(5)(a) inserted (16.8.2004) by The Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1713), reg. 22, Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(a)
F10S. 45A(5)(b) inserted (16.8.2004) by The Fishing Vessels (Working Time: Sea-fishermen) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/1713), reg. 22, Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(b)
F11S. 45A(5)(c) inserted (27.7.2008) by The Cross-border Railway Services (Working Time) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/1660), reg. 19, Sch. 3 para. 2(2)
F12S. 45A(5)(d) inserted (17.3.2014) by The Merchant Shipping (Maritime Labour Convention) (Hours of Work) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/308), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 2(2)
(2)F13. . .this section does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of [F14Part X]).
[F15(2A)This section applies to an employee who is a director of a company which is a trustee of a relevant occupational pension scheme as it applies to an employee who is a trustee of such a scheme (references to such a trustee being read for this purpose as references to such a director).]
F13Words in s. 46(2) repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 18(2)(a), 44, Sch. 9(3); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2)
F14Words in s. 46(2) substituted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 18(2)(b); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2(2))
F15S. 46(2A) inserted (11.11.1999 for specified purposes and otherwise 25.4.2000) by 1999 c. 30, s. 18, Sch. 2 para. 19(2); S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2), Sch. Pt. II
(a)an employee representative for the M3purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the M4Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (redundancies) or [F16regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006] , or
[F17(1A)An employee has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or by any deliberate failure to act, by his employer done on the ground of his participation in an election of employee representatives for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (redundancies) or [F18regulations 9, 13 and 15 of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006] .]
(2)F19. . . This section does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to a dismissal (within the meaning of [F20Part X]).
F16Words in s. 47(1)(a) substituted (6.4.2006 with application in accordance with reg. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), regs. 1(2), 20, Sch. 2 para. 10(a)
F17S. 47(1A) inserted (28.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1925, reg. 12
F18Words in s. 47(1A) substituted (6.4.2006 with application in accordance with reg. 21(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), regs. 1(2), 20, Sch. 2 para. 10(a)
F19Words in s. 47(2) repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 18(2)(a), 44, Sch. 9(3); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2)
F20Words in s. 47(2) substituted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 18(2)(b); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2)
[F2147A Employees exercising right to time off work for study or training.E+W+S
(2)F22. . . This section does not apply where the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of [F23Part X]).]
F21S. 47A inserted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 30, s. 44(1), Sch. 3 para. 10 (with s. 42(8)); S.I. 1999/987, art. 2
F22Words in s. 47A(2) repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 18(2)(a), 44, Sch. 9(3); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2)
F23Words in s. 47A(2) substituted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 18(2)(b); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2)
[F2447B Protected disclosures.E+W+S
[F25(1A)A worker (“W”) has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, done—
(2)F26 . . . This section does not apply where—
(b)the detriment in question amounts to dismissal (within the meaning of [F27Part X]).
F24S. 47B inserted (2.7.1999) by 1998 c. 23, s. 2; S.I. 1999/1547, art. 2
F25S. 47B(1A)-(1E) inserted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 19(1), 103(3) (with s. 24(6)); S.I. 2013/1455, art. 2(a) (with art. 4(2))
F26Words in s. 47B(2) repealed (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, ss. 18(2)(a), 44, Sch. 9(3); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1)(3), Sch. 1 Pt. I, Sch. 2 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2(2))
F27Words in s. 47B(2) substituted (25.10.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 18(2)(b); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with Sch. 3 para. 2)
[F2847C Leave for family and domestic reasons.E+W+S
[F29(ba)ordinary or additional adoption leave,]
F30[F31F30(...). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F30(ca)ordinary or additional paternity leave, or]]
F28S. 47C inserted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 9, Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 8; S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with Sch. 3 paras. 10, 11)
F29S. 47C(2)(ba) inserted (8.12.2002) by Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 26(2); S.I. 2002/2866, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2
F30S. 47C(2)(ca) substituted (3.3.2010) by Work and Families Act 2006 (c. 18), ss. 11, 19, Sch. 1 para. 30; S.I. 2010/495, art. 3(c)
F31S. 47C(2)(ca) substituted (8.12.2002) for the word "or" by Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), s. 53, Sch. 7 para. 26(3); S.I. 2002/2866, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 2
[F3247D Tax creditsE+W+S
F32S. 47D inserted (1.9.2002 for certain purposes, otherwise prosp.) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 27, Sch. 1 para. 1(2); S.I. 2002/1727, art. 2
[F3347E Flexible workingE+W+S
F33S. 47E inserted (6.4.2003) by virtue of Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), s. 47(3); S.I. 2002/2866, arts. 2(3), 3, Sch. 1 Pt. 3 (with Sch. 3 para. 7)
[F3447FStudy and trainingE+W+S
F34S. 47F inserted (6.4.2010 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22), ss. 40(3), 269(4); S.I. 2010/303, art. 4, Sch. 3 (with arts. 8-14) (as amended by S.I. 2010/1151, art. 22)
[F3547GEmployee shareholder statusE+W+S
F35S. 47G inserted (1.9.2013) by Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), ss. 31(2), 35(1); S.I. 2013/1766, art. 2
48 Complaints to [F36employment tribunals].E+W+S
(1)An employee may present a complaint to an [F36employment tribunal] that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of section [F3743M,] 44, 45, [F3846, 47 [F39, 47A [F40, 47C [F41, 47E [F42, 47F or 47G]]]]].
[F43(1ZA)A worker may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of section 45A.]
[F44(1A)A worker may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of section 47B.]
[F45(1B)A person may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of section 47D.]
(2)On such a complaint it is for the employer to show the ground on which any act, or deliberate failure to act, was done.
(3)An [F36employment tribunal] shall not consider a complaint under this section unless it is presented—
[F46(4A)Section 207A(3) (extension because of mediation in certain European cross-border disputes) applies for the purposes of subsection (3)(a).]
[F47(5)In this section and section 49 any reference to the employer [F48includes—
(a)where a person complains that he has been subjected to a detriment in contravention of section 47A, the principal (within the meaning of section 63A(3)).]
[F49(b)in the case of proceedings against a worker or agent under section 47B(1A), the worker or agent.]]
F36 Words in s. 48(1)(3) and sidenote to s. 48 substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8 , s. 1(2)(a)(b) (with s. 16(2) ); S.I. 1998/1658 , art. 2(1) , Sch. 1
F37 Words in s. 48(1) inserted (6.4.2005) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24) , ss. 40(2) , 59(2)-(4) ; S.I. 2005/872 , arts. 4 , 5 , Sch. (subject to arts. 6-12 )
F38 Words in s. 48(1) substituted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 30 , s. 44(1) , Sch. 3 para. 11(a) (with s. 42(8) ); S.I. 1999/987 , art. 2
F39 Words in s. 48(1) substituted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26 , s. 9 , Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 9 ; S.I. 1999/2830 , art. 2(2) , Sch. 1 Pt. II (with Sch. 3 paras. 10 , 11 )
F40 Words in s. 48(1) substituted (6.4.2003) by Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) , s. 53 , Sch. 7 para. 27 ; S.I. 2002/2866 , art. 2(3) , Sch. 1 Pt. 3
F41 Words in s. 48(1) substituted (6.4.2010 for certain purposes and otherwise prosp.) by Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Act 2009 (c. 22) , ss. 40 , 269(4) , Sch. 1 para. 2 ; S.I. 2010/303 , art. 4 , Sch. 3 (with arts. 8-14 ) (as amended by S.I. 2010/1151 , art. 22 )
F42Words in s. 48(1) substituted (1.9.2013) by Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013 (c. 27), ss. 31(3), 35(1); S.I. 2013/1766, art. 2
F43 S. 48(1ZA) inserted (1.10.1998) by S.I. 1998/1833 , reg. 31(2)
F44 S. 48(1A) inserted (2.7.1999) by 1998 c. 23 , s. 3 ; S.I. 1999/1547 , art. 2
F45 S. 48(1B) inserted (1.9.2002 for certain purposes, otherwise prosp.) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21) , s. 27 , Sch. 1 para. 1(3) ; S.I. 2002/1727 , art. 2
F46 S. 48(4A) inserted (20.5.2011 with application as mentioned in regs. 3 and 4 of the amending S.I.) by The Cross- Border Mediation (EU Directive) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1133) , regs. 2 , 34
F47 S. 48(5) inserted (1.9.1999) by 1998 c. 30 , s. 44(1) , Sch. 3 para. 11(b) (with s. 42(8) ); S.I. 1999/987 , art. 2
F48 Words in s. 48(5) substituted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24) , ss. 19(2)(a) , 103(3) (with s. 24(6) ); S.I. 2013/1455 , art. 2(a) (with art. 4(2) )
F49 S. 48(5)(b) inserted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24) , ss. 19(2)(b) , 103(3) (with s. 24(6) ); S.I. 2013/1455 , art. 2(a) (with art. 4(2) )
(1)Where an [F50employment tribunal] finds a complaint under section 48 well-founded, the tribunal—
(2)[F51Subject to [F52subsections (5A) and (6)]] the amount of the compensation awarded shall be such as the tribunal considers just and equitable in all the circumstances having regard to—
[F53(5A)Where—
[F54(6)Where—
[F55(6A)Where—
[F56(7)Where—
F50Words in s. 49(1) substituted (1.8.1998) by 1998 c. 8, s. 1(2)(a) (with s. 16(2)); S.I. 1998/1658, art. 2(1), Sch. 1
F51Words in s. 49(2) inserted (2.7.1999) by 1998 c. 23, s. 4(2); S.I. 1999/1547, art. 2
F52Words in s. 49(2) substituted (1.10.1998) by S.I. 1998/1833, reg. 31(3)(a)
F53S. 49(5A) inserted (1.10.1998) by S.I. 1998/1833, reg. 31(3)(b)
F54S. 49(6) inserted (2.7.1999) by 1998 c. 23, s. 4(3); S.I. 1999/1547, art. 2
F55S. 49(6A) inserted (25.6.2013) by Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (c. 24), ss. 18(4), 103(2) (with s. 24(6))
F56S. 49(7) inserted (1.9.2002 for certain purposes, otherwise prosp.) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 27, Sch. 1 para. 1(4); S.I. 2002/1727, art. 2
[F57 Application to police of rights relating to health and safetyE+W+S
F57S. 49A and crossheading inserted (1.7.1998) by 1997 c. 42, s. 3; S.I. 1998/1542, art. 2
F5849A Application to police of section 44 and related provisions.E+W+S
[F59(2) In this section “ the relevant officer ”, in relation to—
F58S. 49A inserted (1.7.1998) by 1997 c. 42, s. 3; S.I. 1998/1542, art. 2
F59S. 49A(2) substituted (7.4.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 158(2)(a)(3), 178