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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 53, in schedule 1, page 109, line 30, leave out “last” and insert “latest”. This amendment and amendment 54 concern the calculation of a week’s pay for the…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I am grateful for the shadow Minister’s questions. I feel that we are embarking on an employment law masterclass, although I am not sure that I consider myself a master. The first…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair, Sir Christopher. As is now our custom, I will start by referring to my entry in the Register of Members’ Financial Interests and my…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)The amendments relate to detriment claims only, whereas the shadow Minister’s question is a slightly broader one. The point about compensation in other situations would be far…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)The amendments will ensure that the provisions on the maximum compensation awarded by a tribunal for detriment cases will be workable for cases involving the termination of an…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)At the all-party parliamentary beer group’s reception last night, the shadow Minister and I talked about pubs. His question sounds perfect for a pub quiz for retired employment…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I am afraid that I will not be able to tell the shadow Minister what will not be subject to the affirmative procedure. I think that the intention is actually for the amendment to…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)The hon. Member is trying to have it both ways. If we had set out too much detail in the Bill, he would no doubt have criticised us for not engaging and consulting, and for being…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)We are taking this approach because we want to be reasonable and engage with businesses and trade unions on what the shape looks like. That is why the full consultation, which…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)Thank you, Mr Mundell. I am not sure whether that was directed at me, other members of the Committee, or maybe all of us.05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)These amendments should be considered alongside amendment 30, because they clarify what happens when a shift is both moved and curtailed at the same time. The Bill provides a…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 31, in clause 3, page 19, leave out lines 5 to 18 and insert— “(a) where the shift is cancelled, the amount of remuneration to which the worker would have…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the details of the shadow Minister’s dietary exploits today. We are looking in quite close detail at that situation, because there are a number of knock-on…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I will address that point, which I am sure we will hear on numerous occasions from the shadow Minister. He will be aware that it was a manifesto commitment to introduce the Bill…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 37, in clause 3, page 22, line 11, after “must” insert “— (a) make a declaration to that effect, and. (b) ”. This amendment and amendment 38 require an…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 30, in clause 3, page 18, leave out lines 7 to 19 and insert— “(b) in relation to the movement of a shift, or the movement and curtailment (at the same…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)Proposed new section 27BT of the 1996 Act makes provision for a payment to be made to the worker where an employment tribunal finds that the worker’s employer failed to make a…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the shadow Minister’s support for the amendment. Amendment 43 agreed to. Amendments made: 44, in schedule 1, page 107, line 10, after “27BA(1)” insert “or…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 6 will amend section 27B of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to reflect the new definition of “zero hours arrangement” in clause 4, which will apply to the whole of part 2A.…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 43, in schedule 1, page 106, line 8, at end insert— “In section 27 (meaning of ‘wages’ for purposes of Part 2 of the Act), in subsection (1)— (a) after the…05 Dec 2024