Further information

Legal sources and publications

Copies of relevant statutes can be obtained online at: www.legislation.gov.uk. In Northern Ireland, legislation is available online from the Labour Relations Agency website at: www.lra.org.uk

The full text of the cases referred to in this booklet is contained in the monthly Industrial Relations Law Reports (IRLR) or in the Industrial Cases Reports (ICR). Court of Appeal, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Supreme Court and ECJ decisions are available at: www.bailii.org

Local libraries may have copies of the statutes and can obtain the books and law reports. Always check the date of publication to make sure that the book actually deals with the current law.

The Labour Research Department (LRD) publishes booklets on specific legal issues. Relevant titles have been referred to in the Information boxes at the end of each Chapter of this booklet. LRD’s monthly pay and conditions magazine, Workplace Report, provides up-to-date explanation of, and commentary on, all legal developments with quarterly updates on contracts, termination of employment, discrimination, TUPE and tribunal procedures. Information on LRD’s publications and details of how to order are available on the website at: www.lrdpublications.org.uk, or contact LRD, 78 Blackfriars Road, London SE1 8HF, tel: 020 7928 3649.

Useful organisations

Information, guidance and Codes of Practice are available from the following:

Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London W1 3SJ, helpline: 08457 474747, textphone: 08456 061600, publications: 08702 429090, www.acas.org.uk

Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), makes awards of statutory recognition of trade unions and deals with union requests for disclosure of information (see Chapter 5), 22nd Floor, Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London NW1 3JJ, tel: 020 7904 2300, www.cac.gov.uk, [email protected]

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), 1 Victoria Street, London, SW1H 0ET, Enquiry Unit tel: 020 7215 5000, www.bis.gov.uk

Certification Officer, 22nd Floor, Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London NW1 3JJ, tel: 020 7210 3734, fax: 020 7210 3612, email: [email protected]

Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), www.equalityhumanrights.com. The EHRC has offices in Manchester, London, Glasgow and Cardiff.

Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (EOCNI), Equality House, 7-9 Shaftesbury Square, Belfast, BT2 7DP, tel: 028 90 500600, textphone: 028 90 500589, enquiry line: 02890 890890, www.equalityni.org

HM Courts and Tribunals Service, Ministry of Justice, www.justice.gov.uk/tribunals/employment Enquiry line: 08457 959775, Minicom: 08547 573722.

Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF, helpline: 0303 123 1113, www.ico.gov.uk

Labour Relations Agency, 2-8 Gordon Street, Belfast BT1 2LG, tel: 028 9032 1442, www.lra.org.uk

Pay and work rights helpline, including help on the National Minimum Wage, tel: 0800 917 2368, textphone 0800 121 4042; www.gov.uk/pay-and-work-rights-helpline