The Government is consulting on its proposal to amend the Employment Act 2002 so that the scope of the dispute resolution procedures is extended to include three additional jurisdictions. An employee can only complain that the employer has not followed the statutory procedures if employment right under dispute is included in the Schedules to the Act.

The three new jurisdictions, which provide employees with protection from detrimental treatment but have only been introduced since the Act came into force, are:

• performing the functions of negotiating representatives, information and consultation representatives and other representative roles in European Public Limited-Liability Companies, and related rights, e.g. reasonable time off with pay
  
  
• involvement in the requirement for employers to inform and consult employees about workplace matters, e.g. making a complaint to an employment tribunal to enforce the employer's obligations, or standing for selection as an Information and Consultation Representative
  
  
• involvement with the consultation requirements for employers to consult over significant changes to pension schemes, e.g. making a complaint to enforce the employer's obligations, or standing for election as a consultation representative.

The detailed consultation sets out the issues in each case and asks for views on whether the three jurisdictions should be added to the Schedules. The deadline for responses is 11 August 2006.

The operation of the dispute resolution procedures themselves will be the subject of a separate review beginning in late 2006.

...back to 25 May 2006


Further information:
Consultation document

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