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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 50, in schedule 1, page 108, line 34, at end insert— “or the employer believes that that duty so applies, and”. This amendment extends proposed section…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)There is a danger that we will get too prescriptive about this. There will be a relatively small number of cases in which there is detriment, but they are all going to be very…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)I am grateful for the shadow Minister’s question. I recall on one or two desperate occasions quoting Hansard in an employment tribunal. I always felt, “If you’re explaining,…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)Amendment 46 will broaden the detriment provisions in respect of the right to guaranteed hours. It will ensure that a worker has a right not to be subjected to detriment on the…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 46, in schedule 1, page 107, line 16, at end insert— “(4A) A worker has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate…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 will not detain the Committee too long on clause 4. It contains amendments to the Employment Rights Act 1996 related to clauses 1 to 3, which we have just debated. Proposed new…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)I am grateful for the shadow Minister’s questions. They cannot be answered in the round, as all cases will be very fact-specific. The maximum that a tribunal awards will be down…05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 42, in clause 4, page 23, leave out lines 34 to 39. This amendment is consequential on NC11.05 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Seventh sitting)I am sure you always intend to be helpful, Mr Mundell. I will briefly go through the provisions of clause 3. I appreciate that we have covered a lot of the issues already, but I…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)I am sure that the shadow Minister and the whole Committee are delighted that I have the opportunity to respond. The shadow Minister asked some perfectly reasonable questions. On…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 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)Well done to the shadow Minister—he must have had his Weetabix this morning. He has clearly put in a great deal of time and we appreciate the way that he has engaged with the…05 Dec 2024