655 - Industrial Relatons Law Bulletin - International employment disputes - conflicts of law - The territorial restriction preventing employees who ordinarily work outside Great Britain from enforcing rights under the Employment Rights Act 1996 ("the ERA") was repealed in 1999. Our feature examines the complex rules of private international law that now largely govern the circumstances in which UK courts and tribunals will have jurisdiction to hear cases and when the provisions of the ERA and related legislation will be applied.