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Central Office of the Industrial Tribunals: Unfair Dismissal

Catalogue reference: LAB 72

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LAB 72

This series contains files representative of important cases heard by industrial tribunals in respect of the right of employees to appeal against unfair dismissal under the Industrial Relations Act 1971, the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act...

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Reference

LAB 72

Title
Central Office of the Industrial Tribunals: Unfair Dismissal
Date

1968-1977

Description

This series contains files representative of important cases heard by industrial tribunals in respect of the right of employees to appeal against unfair dismissal under the Industrial Relations Act 1971, the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, and the Employment Protection Act 1975.

Arrangement
Arrangement

The original references of these files were allocated numerically in annual series for the whole country irrespective of region and are arranged accordingly.

Related material

For registered files of the Arbitration Tribunals, see LAB 3

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

194 file(s)

Access conditions

Open unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
Labour
Accruals

Series is not accruing.

Selection and destruction information

These files have been selected as representative of the more important cases heard by the tribunals.

Administrative / biographical background

The Industrial Relations Act 1971 among other things gave employees the right to appeal against unfair dismissal. This provision was re-enacted in the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 and amended by the Employment Protection Act 1975.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10187/

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