The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44) was an Act of the

Parliament of the United Kingdom The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories. It meets at the Palace ...

which formed a central part of

UK labour law United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK have a minimum set of employment rights, from Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equity (legal concept), equity. ...

. It consolidated two earlier pieces of legislation, the Contracts of Employment Act 1963 and the Redundancy Payments Act 1965. The Act was partially

repeal A repeal (O.F. ''rapel'', modern ''rappel'', from ''rapeler'', ''rappeler'', revoke, ''re'' and ''appeler'', appeal) is the removal or reversal of a law. There are two basic types of repeal; a repeal with a re-enactment is used to replace the law ...

ed by the Employment Act 1982,UK Legislation
Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978
Section 7, accessed on 30 May 2025 and remaining clauses were repealed and replaced by the

Employment Rights Act 1996 The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c. 18) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament (United Kingdom), Act of Parliament passed by the Conservative Party (UK), Conservative government to codify existing law on individual rights in UK labour law. Histo ...

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Text of remainder of statute from OpsiText of repeals and remainders from statutelaw.gov
{{Authority control United Kingdom labour law United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1978 1978 in labor relations

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