Definition:
The Employment Relations Act 1999 establishes a number of rights at work in the following areas:
- trade union recognition derecognition;
- industrial action ballots;
- unfair dismissal of strikers;
- maternity leave;
- parental leave;
- time off for dependants;
- employment tribunal awards;
- the right to be accompanied in disciplinary and grievance hearings;
- partnership;
- part-time work; and
- employment agencies.