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date	11/06/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Supermarkets: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the equity of employment contract terms and conditions in the supermarket sector.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	911256
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to upgrading workers’ rights and protecting the most vulnerable workers. Our legal framework already ensures that employers should always treat their employees fairly, and our Good Work Plan will introduce the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation.</p><p> </p><p>In the retail sector specifically, the industry-led Retail Sector Council has identified employment as a priority workstream and this will be discussed at our next meeting on 20 June.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/06/2019 14:06:22 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

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date	13/09/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Employment: Pregnancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of workplace support provided to pregnant women and new mothers.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	906879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>There is a range of advice and guidance available for pregnant women and new mothers and their employers. This sets out legal rights and obligations, and good practice - supporting pregnant women and new mothers in the workplace.</p><p> </p><p>It is periodically reviewed – for instance, we are currently looking at the advice and guidance on GOV.UK regarding pregnancy and maternity discrimination to see how we can improve it.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 13/09/2018 15:24:05 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George