Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to rename industrial tribunals and amend the law relating to those tribunals; to amend the law relating to dismissal procedures agreements and other alternative methods of resolving disputes about employment rights; to provide for the adjustment of awards of compensation for unfair dismissal in cases where no use is made of internal procedures for appealing against dismissal; to make provision about cases involving both unfair dismissal and disability discrimination; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 1998 c. 8 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 8 April 1998 |
| Commencement | various[c] |
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Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
| Text of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk. | |
The Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 (c. 8) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom concerning dispute resolution in British labour law.
Purpose
The goal of the legislation was to allow disputes to be resolved speedily, efficiently and economically.[1]
Provisions
The 1998 act empowered the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) to create arbitration hearings as an alternative dispute resolution mechanism to the employment tribunals.[2] The scheme is known as the Acas Arbitration Scheme.[3]
The act renamed industrial tribunals to employment tribunals.[4]
In practice
In 2003 to 2004 the number of tribunal claims was around 50,000 each year. The number of disputes attracted to arbitration under the 1998 act scheme was seven.[5]
See also
Notes
References
- ↑ Lewis, R.; Ewing, K. (1 September 1998). "The Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998". Industrial Law Journal. 27 (3): 214–219. doi:10.1093/ilj/27.3.214. ISSN 0305-9332.
- ↑ "Reforms to the tribunal system". Personnel Today. 28 November 2000. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ "Acas – the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service". Personnel Today. 20 February 2008. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ Jones, Tim (25 August 2023). "25 years of employment tribunals – a system under pressure". Personnel Today. Retrieved 27 July 2026.
- ↑ See ACAS, Annual Report (2003-2004)
External links
- Text of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
- Text of the Employment Rights (Dispute Resolution) Act 1998 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.