Employment Act 1989 — United Kingdom law | Esheria

Employment Act 1989

This text gives the Secretary of State powers to make orders on employment and training matters, dissolves the Training Commission, and creates a Sikh turban exemption from safety-helmet requirements at workplaces.

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Jurisdiction
United Kingdom
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
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Language
en
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amending legislation employee protections ministerial orders statutory in-force status training governance workplace rules

Statute overview

About this statute

This text gives the Secretary of State powers to make orders on employment and training matters, dissolves the Training Commission, and creates a Sikh turban exemption from safety-helmet requirements at workplaces. This text is mainly a commencement and legislative history note: it says the Act was partly in force at Royal Assent, wholly in force by 3 March 1997, and lists later repeals, substitutions, and related amendments.