Employment Rights Act 1996
Sections and provisions with full text and the judgments that cite each one.
Section 57ZE — Right to time off to accompany to ante-natal appointment
Right to time off to accompany to ante-natal appointment 57ZE 1 An employee who has a qualifying relationship with a pregnant woman or her expected child is entitled to be permitted by his or her…
Section 57ZF — Complaint to employment tribunal
Complaint to employment tribunal 57ZF 1 An employee may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that his or her employer has unreasonably refused to let him or her take time off as required by…
Section 57ZG — Right to time off to accompany to ante-natal appointment: agency workers
Right to time off to accompany to ante-natal appointment: agency workers 57ZG 1 An agency worker who has a qualifying relationship with a pregnant woman or her expected child is entitled to be…
Section 57ZH — Complaint to employment tribunal: agency workers
Complaint to employment tribunal: agency workers 57ZH 1 An agency worker may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that the temporary work agency has unreasonably refused to let him or her…
Section 57ZI — Agency workers: supplementary
Agency workers: supplementary 57ZI 1 Without prejudice to any other duties of the hirer or temporary work agency under any enactment or rule of law, sections 57ZG and 57ZH do not apply where the…
Section 57ZJ — Right to paid time off to attend adoption appointments
Right to paid time off to attend adoption appointments 57ZJ 1 An employee who has been notified by an adoption agency that a child is to be, or is expected to be, placed for adoption with the…
Section 57ZK — Right to remuneration for time off under section 57ZJ
Right to remuneration for time off under section 57ZJ 57ZK 1 An employee who is permitted to take time off under section 57ZJ is entitled to be paid remuneration by his or her employer for the number…
Section 57ZL — Right to unpaid time off to attend adoption appointments
Right to unpaid time off to attend adoption appointments 57ZL 1 An employee who— a has been notified by an adoption agency that a child is to be, or is expected to be, placed for adoption with the…
Section 57ZM — Complaint to employment tribunal
Complaint to employment tribunal 57ZM 1 An employee may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that his or her employer— a has unreasonably refused to let him or her take time off as required…
Section 57ZN — Right to paid time off to attend adoption appointments: agency workers
Right to paid time off to attend adoption appointments: agency workers 57ZN 1 An agency worker who has been notified by an adoption agency that a child is to be, or is expected to be, placed for…
Section 57ZO — Right to remuneration for time off under section 57ZN
Right to remuneration for time off under section 57ZN 57ZO 1 An agency worker who is permitted to take time off under section 57ZN is entitled to be paid remuneration by the temporary work agency for…
Section 57ZP — Right to unpaid time off to attend adoption meetings: agency workers
Right to unpaid time off to attend adoption meetings: agency workers 57ZP 1 An agency worker who— a has been notified by an adoption agency that a child is to be, or is expected to be, placed for…
Section 57ZQ — Complaint to employment tribunal: agency workers
Complaint to employment tribunal: agency workers 57ZQ 1 An agency worker may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that the temporary work agency— a has unreasonably refused to let him or her…
Section 57ZR — Agency workers: supplementary
Agency workers: supplementary 57ZR 1 Without prejudice to any other duties of the hirer or temporary work agency under any enactment or rule of law, sections 57ZN to 57ZQ do not apply where the…
Section 57ZS — Placement of looked after children with prospective adopters
Placement of looked after children with prospective adopters 57ZS 1 Subsection (2) applies where a local authority in England notifies a person— a who is a local authority foster parent, and b who…
Section 60 — Complaints to employment tribunals .
Complaints to employment tribunals . 60 1 An employee may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that his employer— a has failed to permit him to take time off as required by section 58, or b…
Section 61 — Right to time off for employee representatives.
Right to time off for employee representatives. 61 1 An employee who is— a an employee representative for the purposes of Chapter II of Part IV of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation)…
Section 62 — Right to remuneration for time off under section 61.
Right to remuneration for time off under section 61. 62 1 An employee who is permitted to take time off under section 61 is entitled to be paid remuneration by his employer for the time taken off at…
Section 63 — Complaints to employment tribunals .
Complaints to employment tribunals . 63 1 An employee may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that his employer— a has unreasonably refused to permit him to take time off as required by…
Section 63A — Right to time off for young person in Wales or Scotland for study or training.
Right to time off for young person in Wales or Scotland for study or training. 63A 1 An employee who— a is aged 16 or 17, b is not receiving full-time secondary or further education, and c has not…
Section 63B — Right to remuneration for time off under section 63A.
Right to remuneration for time off under section 63A. 63B 1 An employee who is permitted to take time off under section 63A is entitled to be paid remuneration by his employer for the time taken off…
Section 63C — Complaints to employment tribunals.
Complaints to employment tribunals. 63C 1 An employee may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that— a his employer, or the principal referred to in subsection (3) of section 63A, has…
Section 63D — Statutory right to make request in relation to study or training
Statutory right to make request in relation to study or training 63D 1 A qualifying employee may make an application under this section to his or her employer. 2 An application under this section (a…
Section 63E — Section 63D application: supplementary
Section 63D application: supplementary 63E 1 A section 63D application may— a be made in relation to study or training of any description (subject to section 63D(3) and (4) and regulations under…
Section 63F — Employer's duties in relation to application
Employer's duties in relation to application 63F 1 Subsections (4) to (7) apply if— a an employer receives a section 63D application (the “current application”) from an employee, and b during the…
Section 63G — Regulations about dealing with applications
Regulations about dealing with applications 63G 1 Regulations under section 63F(4) may, in particular, include provision— a for the employee to have a right to be accompanied by a person of a…
Section 63H — Employee's duties in relation to agreed study or training
Employee's duties in relation to agreed study or training 63H 1 This section applies if an employer has agreed to a section 63D application, or part of a section 63D application, made by an employee…
Section 63I — Complaints to employment tribunals
Complaints to employment tribunals 63I 1 An employee who makes a section 63D application may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that— a the employer has failed to comply with section…
Section 63J — Remedies
Remedies 63J 1 If an employment tribunal finds a complaint under section 63I well-founded it must make a declaration to that effect and may— a make an order for reconsideration of the section 63D…
Section 63K — Supplementary
Supplementary 63K Regulations under this Part may make different provision for different cases.
Section 64 — Right to remuneration on suspension on medical grounds.
Right to remuneration on suspension on medical grounds. 64 1 An employee who is suspended from work by his employer on medical grounds is entitled to be paid by his employer remuneration while he is…
Section 65 — Exclusions from right to remuneration.
Exclusions from right to remuneration. 65 1 An employee is not entitled to remuneration under section 64 unless he has been continuously employed for a period of not less than one month ending with…
Section 66 — Meaning of suspension on maternity grounds.
Meaning of suspension on maternity grounds. 66 1 For the purposes of this Part an employee is suspended from work on maternity grounds if, in consequence of any relevant requirement or relevant…
Section 67 — Right to offer of alternative work.
Right to offer of alternative work. 67 1 Where an employer has available suitable alternative work for an employee, the employee has a right to be offered to be provided with the alternative work…
Section 68 — Right to remuneration.
Right to remuneration. 68 1 An employee who is suspended from work on maternity grounds is entitled to be paid remuneration by her employer while she is so suspended. 2 An employee is not entitled to…
Section 68A — Meaning of ending the supply of an agency worker on maternity grounds
Meaning of ending the supply of an agency worker on maternity grounds 68A (1) For the purposes of this Part the supply of an agency worker to a hirer is ended on maternity grounds if, in consequence…
Section 68B — Right to offer of alternative work
Right to offer of alternative work 68B (1) Where the supply of an agency worker to a hirer is ended on maternity grounds and the temporary work agency has available suitable alternative work, the…
Section 68C — Right to remuneration
Right to remuneration 68C (1) Where the supply of an agency worker to a hirer is ended on maternity grounds, that agency worker is entitled to be paid remuneration by the temporary work agency. (2)…
Section 68D — Agency workers: supplementary
Agency workers: supplementary 68D (1) Without prejudice to any other duties of the hirer or temporary work agency under any enactment or rule of law sections 68A, 68B and 68C do not apply where the…
Section 69 — Calculation of remuneration.
Calculation of remuneration. 69 1 The amount of remuneration payable by an employer to an employee under section 64 or 68 is a week’s pay in respect of each week of the period of suspension; and if…
Section 69A — Calculation of remuneration (agency workers)
Calculation of remuneration (agency workers) 69A The amount of remuneration payable by a temporary work agency to an agency worker under section 68C is a week's pay in respect of each week for which…
Section 70 — Complaints to employment tribunals .
Complaints to employment tribunals . 70 1 An employee may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that his or her employer has failed to pay the whole or any part of remuneration to which the…
Section 70A — Complaints to employment tribunals: agency workers
Complaints to employment tribunals: agency workers 70A An agency worker may present a complaint to an employment tribunal that the temporary work agency has failed to pay the whole or any part of…
Section 72 — Compulsory maternity leave.
Compulsory maternity leave. 72 1 An employer shall not permit an employee who satisfies prescribed conditions to work during a compulsory maternity leave period. 2 A compulsory maternity leave period…
Section 73 — Additional maternity leave.
Additional maternity leave. 73 1 An employee who satisfies prescribed conditions may be absent from work at any time during an additional maternity leave period. 2 An additional maternity leave…
Section 74 — Redundancy and dismissal.
Redundancy and dismissal. 74 1 Regulations under section 71 or 73 may make provision about redundancy during , or after, an ordinary or additional maternity leave period. 2 Regulations under section…
Section 75 — Sections 71 to 73: supplemental.
Sections 71 to 73: supplemental. 75 1 Regulations under section 71, 72 or 73 may— a make provision about notices to be given, evidence to be produced and other procedures to be followed by employees…
Section 75A — Ordinary adoption leave
Ordinary adoption leave 75A 1 An employee who satisfies prescribed conditions may be absent from work at any time during an ordinary adoption leave period. 1A The conditions that may be prescribed…
Section 75B — Additional adoption leave
Additional adoption leave 75B 1 An employee who satisfies prescribed conditions may be absent from work at any time during an additional adoption leave period. 2 An additional adoption leave period…
Section 75C — Redundancy and dismissal
Redundancy and dismissal 75C 1 Regulations under section 75A or 75B may make provision about— a redundancy during, or after, an ordinary or additional adoption leave period, or b dismissal (other…