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1520442

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Good Work Plan, Cm 9755, published in 2018, whether it remains the policy of his Department to give all workers the right to request a more fixed working pattern from their employer after 26 weeks of service, as set out in that plan.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	61146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to introduce a right to request a more predictable contract.</p><p> </p><p>This right will allow a qualifying worker to make an application to change their existing working pattern if it lacks predictability in terms of hours they are required to work, the times they are required to work, and / or the duration of their contract.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 19/10/2022 15:57:51 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

1520812

registered interest
date	11/10/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to provide employees identical rights from their first day of employment as someone has worked for 2 years for the same employer.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	61390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The current qualifying periods for employment rights contribute to jobs creation and economic growth through giving businesses more confidence when they consider taking on people. They also give more time to get the employment relationship right. The Government has no plans to change policy.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 19/10/2022 13:59:03 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1519192

registered interest
date	10/10/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing no-fault dismissals for higher earners.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	59247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK has a strong labour market. We now have over 730,000 more employees on the payroll than pre-pandemic and unemployment has fallen to 3.5%. We are immensely proud of our flexible and dynamic labour market, which allows businesses in every region of the UK to create jobs and increase participation. The UK also has one of the best employment rights records in the world, including one of the highest national minimum wages – larger than those in similar economies such as France, Germany and Japan. The government is always considering how we can improve the labour market.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 17/10/2022 10:02:45 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1507041

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
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 potential impact of the reforms to the Transfer of Undertakings and Protection of Employment regulations on (a) pay and (b) working conditions.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	51714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>Changes were last made to the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations in 2014. The Regulations were improved to make sure that they continued to provide appropriate levels of protection for employees, while making the process of transferring employees from one organisation to another as smooth as possible for the businesses involved.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 28/09/2022 15:54:22 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1507042

registered interest
date	20/09/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of revoking (a) the Working Time Regulations and (b) other EU regulations on worker rights.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	51715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>We are proud of the UK’s record on employment standards, having raised domestic standards over recent years to make them some of the highest in the world. In leaving the EU we regained the ability to regulate autonomously, and the Government is therefore conducting a comprehensive review of all retained EU law to ensure that our regulations, including worker rights, are tailored to the needs of the UK economy and help create the conditions for growth and investment.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has one of the best workers’ rights records in the world. In recent years, the Government has brought forward a raft of legislation on employment rights issues. In April this year, we made sure 2.5 million people across the UK received a pay raise by raising the National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage. We have extended the ban on using exclusivity clauses to contracts where a worker’s guaranteed weekly income is below the Lower Earnings Limit, which is currently £123 a week.</p><p> </p><p>Numerous Private Members’ Bills have been introduced on the matter of employment rights, and we are working closely with these members on their proposals. The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Bill and The Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill have both passed their Second Reading with Government support and will continue to progress through parliament before receiving royal assent and becoming law in England, Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 28/09/2022 15:34:08 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

1504022

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on employment rights.
tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
uin	45816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a high skilled, high productivity, high wage economy. As part of this, on Friday 15 July, two Private Members’ Bills were introduced into Parliament, backed by the Government, which will increase participation and help support vulnerable and low-paid workers. These were the Employment (Allocation of Tips) Bill and the Neonatal (Leave and Pay) Bill.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy regularly engages with a wide range of stakeholders, including trade unions, as their views and input are essential to developing and delivering our policies.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy is appropriately resourced to deliver on this priority.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell grouped question UIN 45569 45814 45815 question first answered 21/09/2022 16:35:10 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

1504075

registered interest
date	02/09/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the recommendations of the Good Work Plan published in December 2018, how many of those recommendations (a) have been implemented, (b) are in the process of being implemented by (i) legislation and (ii) other means and (c) are still under consideration.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	45635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a high skilled, high productivity, high wage economy. We have made significant progress in implementing the recommendations of the Good Work Plan and continue to consider what further reforms are necessary.</p> answering member constituency Watford answering member printed Dean Russell question first answered 21/09/2022 16:59:28 answering member 4812 label Biography information for Dean Russell
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1484279

registered interest
date	28/06/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
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 steps he is taking to enhance workers’ rights.
tabling member constituency	Stockton South
tabling member printed	Matt Vickers
uin	26914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>Over the past year, we have proven our steadfast commitment to supporting workers across the UK, including raising the national living wage to its highest rate yet, to help with the cost of living.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to bringing forward reforms which build on our strong, flexible and dynamic labour market, giving businesses the confidence to create jobs and invest in their workforce and giving workers more choice over how they work.</p><p> </p><p>Numerous Private Members Bills have been introduced on the matter of employment rights, as a result of the PMB ballot in the Common and we are working closely with these members on their proposals.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/07/2022 09:47:07 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4844 label Biography information for Matt Vickers

1471675

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to the Written Statement of 11 May 2022, HCWS1, on Low-income Workers: Exclusivity Clauses, whether he plans to undertake a consultation in advance of publishing the employment status guidance; and when he plans to publish that guidance.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Sir Stephen Timms
uin	21076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is committed to publishing employment status guidance in due course. It will make it easier for individuals and businesses to understand which employment rights apply to them, enhancing worker protections whilst maintaining flexibility and ensuring a level playing field within the labour market. The Government will continue to work closely with stakeholders to ensure the employment status framework is fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 23/06/2022 15:22:55 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1470304

registered interest
date	14/06/2022
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	Conditions of Employment
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 progress his Department has made on its response to its consultation, Measures to reform post-termination non-compete clauses in contracts of employment.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	17968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government is in the process of analysing responses to the consultation and the available data. A response to the consultation will be published on the GOV.UK website in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 20/06/2022 15:17:28 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson