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    NOTES

    The Employment Act 2002 received Royal Assent on 8th July 2002. For more detail (including in the professional version of this program full notes on on implementation dates) go to ACTS OF PARLIAMENT etc/Employment Act 2002/notes . For a list of commencement orders see below.

    Click on a section or schedule number below to go to that section or schedule (professional versions of this program only).

    PART 1 - STATUTORY LEAVE AND PAY
    CHAPTER 1 - PATERNITY AND ADOPTION
    Rights to leave and pay

    Emp'tAct 2002 s.1 Paternity leave
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.2 Statutory paternity pay
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.3 Adoption leave
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.4 Statutory adoption pay

    Administration and enforcement: pay
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.5 General functions of the Board
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.6 Financial arrangements
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.7 Funding of employers' liabilities
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.8 Regulations about payment
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.9 Decisions and appeals
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.10 Powers to require information
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.11 Penalties: failures to comply
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.12 Penalties: fraud etc.
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.13 Supply of information held by the Board
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.14 Supply of information held by the Secretary of State
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.15 Use of information by the Board
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.16 Interpretation

    CHAPTER 2 - MATERNITY
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.17 Rights during and after maternity leave
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.18 Maternity pay period
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.19 Rate of statutory maternity pay
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.20 Entitlement to statutory maternity pay
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.21 Funding of employers' liabilities: statutory maternity pay

    PART 2 - TRIBUNAL REFORM
    Costs and expenses
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.22 Employment tribunals
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.23 Employment Appeal Tribunal

    Miscellaneous
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.24 Conciliation
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.25 Power to delegate prescription of forms etc.
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.26 Determination without a hearing
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.27 Practice directions
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.28 Pre-hearing reviews

    PART 3 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION ETC.
    Statutory procedures
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.29 Statutory dispute resolution procedures
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.30 Contracts of employment
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.31 Non-completion of statutory procedure: adjustment of awards
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.32 Complaints about grievances
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.33 Consequential adjustment of time limits
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.34 Procedural fairness in unfair dismissal

    Employment particulars
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.35 Particulars of procedures relating to discipline or dismissal
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.36 Removal of exemption for small employers
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.37 Use of alternative documents to give particulars
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.38 Failure to give statement of employment particulars etc.

    General
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.39 Unfair dismissal: adjustments under sections 31 and 38
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.40 Interpretation of Part 3

    PART 4 - MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL
    Miscellaneous
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.41 Power to confer rights on individuals: amendment
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.42 Equal pay: questionnaires
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.43 Union learning representatives
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.44 Dismissal procedures agreements
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.45 Fixed-term work
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.46 Fixed-term work: Northern Ireland
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.47 Flexible working
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.48 Rate of maternity allowance
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.49 Work-focused interviews for partners
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.50 Use of information for, or relating to, employment and training

    General
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.51 Orders and regulations
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.52 Financial provisions
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.53 Minor and consequential amendments
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.54 Repeals and revocations
    Emp'tAct 2002 s.55 Short title etc.

    Emp'tAct 2002 Sch 1 - Penalties: procedure and appeals
    Emp'tAct 2002 Sch 2 - Statutory dispute resolution procedures

    Emp'tAct 2002 Sch 3 - Tribunal jurisdictions to which section 31 applies
    Emp'tAct 2002 Sch 4 - Tribunal jurisdictions to which section 32 applies
    Emp'tAct 2002 Sch 5 - Tribunal jurisdictions to which section 38 applies
    Emp'tAct 2002 Sch 6 - Use of information for, or relating to, employment and training
    Emp'tAct 2002 Sch 7 - Minor and consequential amendments
    Emp'tAct 2002 Sch 8 - Repeals and revocations


    IMPLEMENTATION

    For more detail on implementation dates see ACTS OF PARLIAMENT etc/Employment Act 2002/notes in the professional version of this program.

    As of 2nd November 2004 the following commencement orders had been made:-

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