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HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Austin. These three statutory instruments contain five measures to clarify and extend workers’ rights, taking forward the…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019.06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019I respect the comments made by the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough. I like to think that when I work with her in her role as shadow Minister we have quite…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019I thank my hon. Friend for his comments; I concur with them. Ever since I have had this role I have been committed to making sure that our workers are put at the centre of what we…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019I thank the hon. Gentleman for his question. It is not a picture of a Deliveroo driver. As Members will be able to see, it does not say the word “Deliveroo”.06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019I actually agree with the hon. Lady. They are not the only way of offering flexibility. That is why we are bringing forward the proposals that we set out in the Good Work plan. We…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019To move back to union representation, about which the hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough feels strongly, it is true that the changes that we are making to the…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019I am not going to name them here, because I am not here to talk about Deliveroo drivers—or any driver, for that matter. The essence of what the hon. Gentleman is trying to get at…06 Mar 2019HANSARDDraft Employment Rights (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019
Draft Agency Workers (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Draft Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses (Amendment) Regulations 2019I stand by what I said: it is not a Deliveroo driver. The hon. Gentleman may believe that it is a Deliveroo driver, or cyclist, but there are a number of players in that…06 Mar 2019HANSARDWorkplace Harassment or Discrimination: Confidentiality ClausesThe Government have today published a consultation on measures to tackle misuse of confidentiality clauses in situations of workplace harassment or discrimination. These proposals…04 Mar 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentI thank all Members who contributed to the debate. I was pleased to hear that the Opposition will not oppose this statutory instrument, although I was disappointed by some of the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentI will happily try to find some information for the hon. Gentleman. He referred to “the last year”; perhaps he will clarify which part of the year he was referring to, 2019 or…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentI thank my hon. Friend for that point. He is indeed correct, because we have been clear that we will not be rolling back workers’ rights when we leave the European Union. That has…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentAbsolutely. My hon. Friend is right. The rates that come into force in April will be the same whether we leave the European Union or not— [Interruption ]— as we leave the European…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentI point out that we introduced the national living wage in 2016. As I said, we have made increases year on year and stuck to our commitment. I want to answer a few more questions,…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentI am keen to make some progress because I know there is other business to be getting on with. On enforcement, we are committed to making sure that anyone who underpays on the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentI want to make one more point about the age-related model. This model has been in place since 1999, and it is used across OECD countries, so it is not specific to the UK. I will…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentAs I have already highlighted, age rates are not new to these regulations. We have asked the Low Pay Commission to review the age-related rates to see whether they are fit for…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentI welcome the hon. Lady’s comment about the London living wage, and we value the work of the Living Wage Foundation. However, it is the Government’s responsibility to set the…19 Feb 2019HANSARDTerms and Conditions of EmploymentI beg to move, That the draft National Minimum Wage (Amendment) Regulations 2019, which were laid before this House on 28 January, be approved. The Government want fair employment…19 Feb 2019