HC Deb 18 May 1982 vol 24 c321

8.—(1) In section 1 of the 1978 Act (obligation to give written particulars of terms of employment)—

  1. (a) in subsection (1) (the basic obligation) for the words "the beginning of an employee's period of employment" there shall be substituted "the beginning of an employee's employment"; and
  2. (b) in subsection (2) (matters to be included in the statement) for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted— "(c) specify the date on which the employee's period of continuous employment began (taking into account any employment with a previous employer which counts towards that period)."

(2) For section 2(4) of that Act (exclusion of obligation to give written statement where terms the same as those of previous employment) there shall be substituted—

"(4) No statement need be given under section 1 where—

  1. (a) the employee's terms of employment are the same as those of earlier employment with the same employer in respect of which a statement under that section and any information subsequently required under section 4 was duly given, and
  2. (b) that earlier employment ended not more than six months before the beginning of the employment in question; but without prejudice to the operation of subsection (1) of section 4 if there is subsequently a change in the terms of employment.".

(3) In section 4 of that Act (duty to inform of changes in terms of employment)—

  1. (a) in subsection (4)(b) (change of employer to be treated as change of terms where continuity of employment is not broken) the words from "in accordance with" to "Schedule 13" shall be omitted; and
  2. (b) in subsection (5) (duty in such a case to specify date from which employment is continuous) for the words "continuous period of employment" there shall be substituted "period of continuous employment".