Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993

Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make further reforms of the law relating to trade unions and industrial relations; to make amendments of the law relating to employment rights and to abolish the right to statutory minimum remuneration; to amend the law relating to the constitution and jurisdiction of industrial tribunals and the Employment Appeal Tribunal; to amend section 56A of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975; to provide for the Secretary of State to have functions of securing the provision of careers services; to make further provision about employment and training functions of Scottish Enterprise and of Highlands and Islands Enterprise; and for connected purposes.
Citation	1993 c. 19
Dates
Royal assent	1 July 1993
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Trade Union Reform and Employment Rights Act 1993 (c. 19) was a UK labour law that abolished the minimum wages set by sectors through 27 remaining wage councils. It also recast parts of the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 and altered the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. Most parts were then transferred to the Employment Rights Act 1996.

Overview

ss 43 and 44 narrowed the powers of ACAS, removing power to intervene in collective bargaining by giving advice, and stressing its new "advisory" role, making its services not free of charge, stipulating that ACAS's chairman need not be full-time, and introducing "compromise agreements"