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HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)To pick up on the points made by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham Northfield, this is about who we are trying to help. This clause is primarily about low-income workers…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)I am grateful for the shadow Minister’s amendment. If it is a probing amendment, he has asked a lot of reasonable questions. There are, of course, things that we will be hoping to…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)I thank my hon. Friend for her intervention. That is indeed the overall message from every provision in the Bill: that good employers are doing lots of these things already. Those…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)The way the shadow Minister was intervened on made it feel like this was an Opposition amendment, but it is actually a Government amendment to deal with the issue of split shifts…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Sixth sitting)I will not detain the Committee too long, because it feels like we have had the clause stand part debate already. I will briefly go through the provisions of clause 2, which…03 Dec 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q Claire, you have said that a lot of the things in the Bill are things that you do already. Could you expand on why these are things that you have done already, above and beyond…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Could you give us some examples of the sorts of areas or issues that might benefit in that way? Margaret Beels: One of the things I found it hard to do was to assess the impact…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q May I ask you, Margaret, for your views on how the fair work agency might help in the enforcement landscape? Margaret Beels: I took on this role in the expectation that there…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q Good morning, everyone. Like a number of other witnesses who have spoken, I think you are generally supportive of and positive about the impact of the Bill. Do you feel that it…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Do you both feel that the Bill and the fair work agency in particular will help to protect people with protected characteristics at work? John Kirkpatrick: It is clear,…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Good afternoon. A number of witnesses, including many from the business community, have welcomed the intention behind the Bill to increase workplace protections. Do you feel…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q It is a pleasure to see you in the Chair this afternoon, Sir Christopher. Good afternoon, gentlemen. Generally speaking, do you think that the Bill will improve working…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q Good morning. One of the issues the Bill is trying to tackle is the level of insecurity at work. Could you explain a little bit about how the current framework impacts your…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q What is your assessment of the current landscape, in terms of security and income, for lower and middle-income earners? Nye Cominetti: It is a good question. One of the ways…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q I assume that it would be quite difficult to quantify in economic terms the impact of removing that anxiety for 2 million workers, but if you were able to have a go at that, I…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Professor Deakin, anything to add? Professor Deakin: Enforcement is really critical. We do not have an effective enforcement regime in this country. Recent research on the minimum…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q The shadow Minister was right: your response to the initial question was a comprehensive critique of the Bill. I will ask you a bit more about sexual harassment and the issues…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q Just to aid the witnesses, it was the shadow Minister who used the term “re-unionisation” in the evidence session on Tuesday, rather than one of the witnesses. That may be why…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Fourth sitting)Q I am a simple lawyer, too. Could I ask you, Professor Bogg, how you feel the fair work agency will help improve the employment landscape? Professor Bogg: This is really the most…28 Nov 2024HANSARDEmployment Rights Bill (Third sitting)Q Thank you. Helen and James, is there anything you want to add to that? Helen Dickinson: No, the overarching point is exactly as has been said. The most successful retail…28 Nov 2024