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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (First sitting)Q Thank you, Mr Stringer, and good morning, witnesses. I always like to get down to the nitty gritty and the nuts and bolts of any legislation in front of us. This is quite a…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you have a view on how it would be best to structure change around specific single projects like the building of a railway station, which might take two, three or four years…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon, and thank you for joining us for this session late in the day. The Bill is multifaceted. It has a lot of measures in it. It could rapidly become a Christmas tree…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you for being with us. Can you give us your view on whether the Bill goes far enough to combat the issues that you campaign on, particularly women’s rights at work? Where…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q This is a question to all of you, off the back of the last answer. It was suggested during the last evidence session that this Bill does not go far enough. It is evident from…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q You used the term “working people”, which is something that some struggle to define. Can you define “working person”, and does that include someone who runs a business? Are they…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Before the other witnesses come in, the impact assessment suggests that the Bill will result in a £5 billion cost to business, and we heard this morning at a session with…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Thank you, Ms Vaz, and good afternoon to the witnesses. In the last session, it was suggested that this Bill might lead to the re-unionisation of the economy. Do you agree with…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Do you have any views on the Bill’s provisions on trade union facility time? Mick Lynch: Not particularly. We make arrangements with our employers—we have private sector…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Sure. Martyn Gray: No, is the very short answer to that. It needs to go further in terms of protections for those who work at sea. There are still monumental gaps in the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Mr Gray? Martyn Gray: To clarify, I am a director of organising for a trade union, so I will answer from the perspective of whether the legislation goes far enough, if that is…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Yes. Gemma Griffin: No, is the answer, because we are very much trying to create a situation in which our colleagues have rights and are treated fairly. The most important thing…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon to the witnesses. When any wide-reaching legislation that is seeking to make a number of changes to employment law comes in, there are likely to be unintended…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q We heard from witnesses in previous sessions that they worry that some measures in the Bill—on zero-hours contracts and some of the fire and rehire potential unintended…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Good afternoon, gentlemen. I will ask you the same questions I have asked most witnesses today. This is a thick Bill; there are lots of measures in it. In the interests of the…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)But on the question about the unintended consequences of elements of the Bill— Gemma Griffin: Do I see any unintended consequences for our land-based employees?26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Mr Carberry, if I can come to you, looking at those you represent, what is it in the Bill that you think is right, wrong or needs amendment? Neil Carberry: I will not repeat…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q Have you had any feedback from your members on their willingness going forward to take on the very people you have just talked about—employees with caring responsibilities,…26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q What about your ports-based staff—your land-based staff? Gemma Griffin: Our land-based staff are already covered.26 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Second sitting)Q How many of the employees in the UK hospitality sector are currently on zero-hours contracts? Allen Simpson: It is about 17% in total. If you look at who those people are, they…26 Nov 2024