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The main changes brought about by the Employment Relations Act 1999
7th March 2002, Page 45
7th March 2002
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• Any employee with one year's service or more can sue for unfair dismissal (to a maximum of 152,600).
• Fixed-term contract workers will no longer have to sign clauses waiving their statutory rights.
II Every worker will have the legal right to have his trade union recognised and will gain the right to be represented by a trade union as an individual member.
• Maternity leave will be increased from 19 weeks to 18 weeks.
• Additional maternity leave of up to 40 weeks must be made available to pregnant workers employed by their current employers for one year (previously two years).