The Employment Protection (Continuity of Employment) Regulations 1993
These Regulations replace with additional provisions the Labour Relations Continuity of Employment) Regulations 1976 (“the 1976 Regulations”). The 1976 Regulations provided for the preservation of continuity of employment for the purposes of the employment protection rights (previously contained in enactments which have since been repealed) now contained in the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (“the 1978 Act”) and the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 “the 1992 Act”), where a dismissed employee was reinstated or re–engaged in consequence of–the presentation of a complaint of unfair dismissal,the making of a claim in accordance with a dismissal procedures agreement designated by an order under section 65 of the 1978 Act, oraction taken by a conciliation officer in a dispute relating to an unfair dismissal claim.