The Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which formed a central part of UK labour law. It consolidated two earlier pieces of legislation, the Contracts of Employment Act 1963 and the Redundancy Payments Act 1965.
The act was partially repealed by the Employment Act 1982, and the remaining clauses were repealed and replaced by the Employment Rights Act 1996.