Explanatory note

This Order brings into operation on 20th April 1976 the provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 specified in Schedule 1, which relate to the power to make an order adding to, or removing from, the list of provisions in Schedule 2, the death of an employee or employer, offences by bodies corporate, certain amendments to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 and financial provisions.

The Order brings into operation on 1st June 1976 the provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 specified in Schedule 2. These provisions include those relating to:—

(a) medical suspension;

(b) the right to return to work of an employee who is absent from work wholly or partly because of pregnancy or confinement and protection from dismissal because of pregnancy;

(c) trade union membership and activities;

(d) time off to look for work or make arrangements for training;

(e) the right to a written statement of the reasons for dismissal;

(f) remedies for unfair dismissal;

(g) amendments to the Redundancy Payments Act 1965, the Contracts of Employment Act 1972 and the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974.

The Order also brings into operation on 6th April 1977 the provisions of the Employment Protection Act 1975 relating to maternity pay.