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539811

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2016
	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 will be responsible for family-friendly employment policy and the right to request flexible working and shared parental leave.
	tabling member constituency	Stalybridge and Hyde
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Reynolds
	uin	43273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2016 answer text <p>Ministers, and therefore Departments’ portfolio of policy responsibilities, are being agreed and will be announced in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 21/07/2016 16:03:13 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4119 label Biography information for Jonathan Reynolds

581665

	registered interest
	date	12/09/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the EU referendum result, what action they are taking to protect workers' rights.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL1801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/09/2016 answer text <p>There is already a range of protections for workers in UK law. It is important to get the right balance between the needs of employers and employees and that remains our position.</p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 26/09/2016 13:28:25 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

596168

	registered interest
	date	07/10/2016
	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 is taking steps to identify businesses that engage in labour exploitation.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	46876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2016 creates a new Director of Labour Market Enforcement. They will be responsible for overseeing and setting priorities for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, National Minimum Wage enforcement and the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority. This will strengthen efforts to identify businesses that engage in labour exploitation.</p><p> </p><p>To enable more effective enforcement, we are creating:</p><ul><li>A new intelligence hub so that enforcement is targeted at areas of risk; and</li><li>A new regime of Labour Market Enforcement undertakings and orders, backed up by a criminal offence and custodial sentence, to allow us to tackle repeat labour market offenders and rogue businesses.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We have already reformed the Gangmasters Licensing Authority into the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority with the ability to tackle labour exploitation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/10/2016 09:31:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

600476

	registered interest
	date	12/10/2016
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to end non-compliance with the national minimum wage and other breaches of employers’ duty of care.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL2229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing compliance with National Minimum Wage (NMW) legislation and the effective enforcement of it. HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) respond to every complaint they receive and conducts risk-based enforcement in sectors or areas where there is perceived to be a higher risk of workers not being paid the legal minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015/16 HMRC identified £10.3m or arrears owed to over 58,000 workers, and this year we have increased the NMW enforcement budget to £20m, up from £13m in 2015/16. We have also made penalties tougher, so that non-compliant employers now face a penalty equivalent to 200% of the arrears they owe, up to a maximum penalty of £20,000 per worker.</p><p> </p><p>Employers are named publically under the Government’s NMW naming scheme for non-payment. To date, 687 employers have been named and shamed, owing combined arrears of more than £3.5 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Neville-Rolfe question first answered 19/10/2016 16:20:45 answering member 4284 label Biography information for Baroness Neville-Rolfe
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry

606015

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2016
	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 take steps to ensure that the rights of part-time and agency workers will be (a) protected in the long-term and (b) retained in primary legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
	tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
	uin	49396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>As a Government, we have been clear that we will do nothing to undermine workers’ rights. All law in this area at the time of exit will be brought under UK law as part of the Great Repeal Bill, ensuring continuity.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 49479 question first answered 24/10/2016 09:47:23 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

606727

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2016
	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 take steps to ensure that the employment rights contained in the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 will be (a) protected in the long-term and (b) retained in legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Erdington
	tabling member printed	Jack Dromey
	uin	49600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>As a Government, we have been clear that we will do nothing to undermine workers’ rights. All law in this area at the time of exit will be brought under UK law as part of the Great Repeal Bill, ensuring continuity.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James grouped question UIN 49601 question first answered 25/10/2016 08:16:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3913 label Biography information for Jack Dromey

642420

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2016
	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 publish advice for employers on how to support parents of premature or sick babies; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
	uin	54129
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>There is guidance on entitlement to different types of family related leave and pay on gov.uk and on the Acas website. This is relevant to all new parents, including those who have had a premature child, and their employers. The Acas guidance includes an on-line tool for employers which, for example, helps them manage their employees return to work.</p><p> </p><p>The Acas website also includes guidance for employers on good practice in managing absence, including circumstances in which staff need time off to care for premature or sick babies.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 28/11/2016 15:04:29 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

652779

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2016
	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 ruling of the Employment Tribunal on Aslam and others vs Uber of 28 October 2016, case number 2202550/2015, relating to the employment classification of Uber drivers, if he will estimate how many other such subordinate workers there are in the UK who are classified with a different legal status.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	56428
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not collate data on the employment status of those in the UK labour market with regard to employment rights.</p><p> </p><p>However, Matthew Taylor has been asked to conduct an independent review which includes considering the implications for employment rights and other policies of the emergence of new business models such as on–demand platforms.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 12/12/2016 16:58:02 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

674932

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	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 take steps to amend his Department's policy on changing an employment contract to prevent employers firing and rehiring employees.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	60558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Government has no plans at present to change this policy.</p><p>The UK labour market allows individuals and employers to agree employment contracts and patterns of work that suit them and does not want to restrict people’s ability to choose how they work, nor impose strict unnecessary regulations on businesses.</p><p>However, Government is clear that employers must take their employment law responsibilities seriously and cannot simply opt out of their responsibilities or avoid the law.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/01/2017 16:28:12 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

674923

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2017
	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 estimate he has made of the number of (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large businesses that have fired and rehired employees in accord with his Department's guidance on changing an employment contract in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	60570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>Government does not collect information on terminated and re-instated employment contracts. Employment contracts and contractual changes are a matter for the individual and the employer to agree, but they must comply with the legal framework.</p><p>Guidance on the GOV.UK website reflects the legal requirements employers must follow when asking individuals to consider contractual changes. The guidance also provides advice on recourse available if an individual feels they have been unfairly treated.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 23/01/2017 16:29:08 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

713119

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to transpose into UK legislation, both pre- and post-Brexit, all European employment rights.
	tabling member printed	Lord Monks
	uin	HL6239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to protecting and enhancing workers’ rights following the UK’s exit from the EU. All employment rights which currently apply in the UK, including those derived from EU law, will continue to be guaranteed after exit. The Great Repeal Bill will provide the mechanism for this.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 04/04/2017 11:29:20 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4186 label Biography information for Lord Monks

717822

	registered interest
	date	04/04/2017
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of Santander’s reported use of employment contracts guaranteeing one hour of work per month, what is their estimate of the number of people who are currently employed on such contracts in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
	uin	HL6631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not collect information on specific short hour contracts.</p><p> </p><p>The Government believes everyone deserves to be treated fairly at work regardless of the type of contract they are on and what their working pattern is, and is absolutely clear that employers must take their employment law responsibilities seriously.</p><p> </p><p>This is why we have asked Matthew Taylor to look at employment practices in the modern economy which is considering the impact of non-standard working arrangements on employment status and employment rights.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 18/04/2017 13:13:16 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
	tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

751856

	registered interest
	date	13/07/2017
	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 safeguards his Department has put in place to protect people employed on flexible contracts from exploitation by their employers.
	tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
	tabling member printed	Neil Gray
	uin	4890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The availability of atypical employment provides a number of benefits for workers who cannot or do not want to commit to ‘standard’ full-time employment. This results in high participation rates among groups which might otherwise be excluded from work altogether, like mothers returning to work.</p><p>The UK’s flexible labour market means those who work in flexible arrangements continue to be entitled to employment protections regardless of the contract type. But we recognise that there are instances where the UK labour market is not working fairly for everyone and is why we asked Matthew Taylor to carry out his independent Review of Working Practices. Our full response later this year will reflect Government’s position and next steps.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/07/2017 15:17:53 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	4365 label Biography information for Neil Gray

757876

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2017
	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 the Government has made of whether all employees should have rights to parental leave, holiday pay, full sick pay and guaranteed hours.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	8838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>I made an oral statement to the House on 11 July 2017 to announce the publication of the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.</p><p> </p><p>The Review looked at ways to ensure that the regulatory framework surrounding employment, and the support Government provides to businesses and workers, was keeping pace with changes in the labour market and the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The report is comprehensive and detailed and will require detailed, careful thought and further consultation. It is important that we take action where we need to.</p><p> </p><p>This Government will give the report the careful consideration it deserves and will respond in full later this year.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 11/09/2017 12:53:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

786840

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2017
	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 he has made in making written contracts of employment a legal requirement for all employees regardless of the terms and conditions of their employment in order to protect their employment rights; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
	tabling member printed	Stephen Lloyd
	uin	112250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2017 answer text <p>Employees who are employed for one month or more have a statutory right to receive a written statement setting out the main particulars of their employment.</p><p>Employees who do not receive a written statement, or who believe it to be inaccurate or incomplete, may refer the matter to an employment tribunal.</p><p>An employee is engaged under a contract of employment, which is brought into existence by an employee’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of employment offered by an employer. The terms of the contract may be expressed or implied, and if expressed, may be written or oral.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 17/11/2017 15:51:03 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
	tabling member	3968 label Biography information for Stephen Lloyd

838559

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, Official Report, Column 1497, on the Taylor Review, what his Department’s definition is of a stable contract.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127379
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>In the Government response to the Taylor Review we set a clear path for action. We now need to consult to get more detail and look at how we implement particular recommendations. As Matthew Taylor reported, improving work is a complex, multi-faceted and long-term challenge. We are setting the direction for employment law for decades to come and that will take time and it needs to be right.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 127377 127378 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:08:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

838557

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, Official Report, column 1497, on the Taylor Review, what rights will be included for all workers on day one of commencing employment.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>In the Government response to the Taylor Review we set a clear path for action. We now need to consult to get more detail and look at how we implement particular recommendations. As Matthew Taylor reported, improving work is a complex, multi-faceted and long-term challenge. We are setting the direction for employment law for decades to come and that will take time and it needs to be right.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 127378 127379 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:08:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

838558

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, on the Taylor Review, whether employers will have an obligation to accept a stable contract request.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2018 answer text <p>In the Government response to the Taylor Review we set a clear path for action. We now need to consult to get more detail and look at how we implement particular recommendations. As Matthew Taylor reported, improving work is a complex, multi-faceted and long-term challenge. We are setting the direction for employment law for decades to come and that will take time and it needs to be right.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 127377 127379 question first answered 20/02/2018 12:08:32 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

838566

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, Official Report, column 1497, on the Taylor Review, what criteria his Department will use to define quality work.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>As set out in our Industrial Strategy, which was published on 27 November last year, workers in Britain should expect to be treated well. We are starting a dialogue with experts to develop a common set of principles and measures against which to assess job quality and success, beginning with the aspects that we believe are foundational: overall worker satisfaction; good pay; participation and progression; wellbeing; safety and security; and voice and autonomy. Following these discussions we will publish a final list of measures by Autumn 2018.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 21/02/2018 12:07:27 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

838564

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy of 7 February 2018, Official Report, Column 1497, on the Taylor Review, what powers the task force that is to be established to deal with the right to request contracts will have.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	127384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2018 answer text <p>The taskforce announced in Government response to the Taylor Review is being established to look at flexible working and promote genuine flexibility in the workplace. It will involve joint work by Government and groups representing the interests of employers, workers and families to help unlock potential in the labour market, including amongst women, older workers, carers and disabled people. It is not the intention for it to consider the right to request contracts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 21/02/2018 12:07:59 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

846363

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	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 legislative plans his Department has to ensure working people have a regular and fixed hours contract; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	129018
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>In the Government response to the Taylor Review we committed to providing a right to request a more predictable contract for all workers, including those on zero hours/ atypical contracts.</p><p> </p><p>This is not an overnight project and we need to consult on how this can be best achieved and we will bring forward any necessary legislation in due course after that.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 26/02/2018 16:28:09 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

846366

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	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 legislative plans his Department has to simplify the definition of a worker in statute; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	129020
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Employment status is an important and complex issue that is central to the employment rights and tax systems. We are committed to making it easier for individuals and businesses to determine whether someone is an employee, a worker, or self-employed.</p><p> </p><p>Changing legislation is one of the options that the Government is considering to achieve this. However, this is an important and complex issue, and so it’s right that the Government takes the time to consider and consult on this properly and to ensure that there are no unintended consequences.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 26/02/2018 16:42:02 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

846367

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2018
	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	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 legislative plans his Department has to protect workers employed by a contractor which either (a) ceases trading or (b) absconds; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
	tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
	uin	129021
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2018 answer text <p>The Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service can make statutory redundancy payments to the former employees of an employer that is unwilling or unable to make these payments. This would include an employer that ceases trading or absconds.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no legislative plans to extend this protection.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 28/02/2018 14:16:55 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

861247

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2018
	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	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 is (a) conducting a review and (b) undertaking other work on the deregulation of employment rights.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	132396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position on employment rights was set out recently in the Government Response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, in which we committed to firm action and future legislation to enhance employment rights. We are currently consulting on how best to achieve this change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 16/03/2018 14:59:58 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

867565

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2018 to Question 132396 on Conditions of Employment, whether his Department plans to commission a review on the deregulation of employment rights.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	133540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s position on employment rights was set out recently in the Government Response to the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices, in which we committed to firm action and future legislation to enhance employment rights. We are currently consulting on how best to achieve this change.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths grouped question UIN 133541 133542 question first answered 26/03/2018 15:47:30 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

967769

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	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, by what date the Government plans to publish the outcome of its consultation on Employment status.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	170268
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is considering the responses to the consultations and will respond in due course. I am grateful to all those who have contributed.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 12/09/2018 16:53:34 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

967420

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	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	Conditions of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they propose to take following the call of the Director of Labour Market Enforcement on 18 August for further measures to tackle violations of employment legislation.
	tabling member printed	Lord Beecham
	uin	HL9919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is carefully considering all 37 recommendations contained within the Director’s Labour Market Enforcement Strategy 2018-19 and we will respond in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 17/09/2018 13:26:22 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4181 label Biography information for Lord Beecham

985622

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2018
	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	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 her Cabinet have had discussions on the potential suspension of protections of workers' rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	178390
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2018 answer text <p>This government has committed not to roll back workers’ rights when we leave the European Union. This commitment stands regardless of whether there is a Withdrawal Agreement between the UK and the EU or not.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 23/10/2018 10:33:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

992657

	registered interest
	date	22/10/2018
	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	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 the Government is taking to reduce the number of cases where independent contractors are considered employees for tax purposes but do not have corresponding workplace rights.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	182130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to providing greater clarity for businesses and individuals on employment status. As Matthew Taylor identified in his review, this is a complex issue and is one of the major challenges for public policy.</p><p> </p><p>We are considering how best to achieve change that works for all. We received over 160 detailed responses to the Employment Status Consultation. We are currently analysing the responses and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 29/10/2018 15:43:31 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1083757

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Conditions of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Henley on 7 March, when the first document on changes to EU workers’ rights and health and safety standards in the workplace will be placed before Parliament; and whether both Houses will be consulted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Balfe
	uin	HL14320
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The proposed clauses will be included within the Withdrawal Agreement Bill and will be subject to debate in both Houses.</p><p> </p><p>Our intention is for the first report to be published as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the 6 months period starting from the commencement date. The clauses we set out on 7 March include a motion for both houses to approve the report within 28 sitting days, beginning on the day the report is laid before that House.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/03/2019 17:37:57 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	4302 label Biography information for Lord Balfe

1083430

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2019
	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	Conditions of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend that the UK will remain closely aligned to EU standards on workers’ rights in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL14313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK has a long-standing record of ensuring that workers’ rights are protected. This includes employment and equality rights and protections for health and safety at work. The decision to leave the European Union does not change this. This Government has made a firm commitment to protect workers’ rights, and to maintain protections covered in the Equality Acts.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 13/03/2019 17:38:32 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1083768

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Conditions of Employment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Henley on 7 March, whether the proposed clauses on workers' rights for inclusion in the Withdrawal Agreement and Implementation Bill will include improvements to air quality and water quality both outside and inside the workplace.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Chesterton
	uin	HL14331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>New EU legislation that provides workers’ rights which member states are obliged to confer will be covered by the proposed clauses. Workers’ rights include labour protections regarding health and safety at work. The Government will be required to report on those new rights, whether they go further than current domestic rights, and if so the action the Government proposes to take. Air and water quality standards are only in scope to the extent that they fall within the definition of workers’ rights.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has been clear that the UK will maintain and enhance environmental protections as it leaves the EU. As part of the 25 Year Environment Plan, the Government has set an ambition to be the first generation to leave the environment in a better state than it found it – and has already put in train a number of policies to achieve this.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Bill will be introduced early in the second Session of this Parliament, and will include ambitious legislative measures to take direct action to address the biggest environmental priorities of our age: air quality, nature recovery, waste and resource efficiency, and water resource management. In the Environment Bill the Government will legislate to ensure there is a robust framework for the maintenance and strengthening of environmental standards as the UK leaves the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Henley question first answered 15/03/2019 12:07:51 answering member 2616 label Biography information for Lord Henley
	tabling member	2543 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Chesterton

1121730

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2019
	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	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 bring forward legislative proposals to prevent employers (a) firing and (b) rehiring employees by changing employment contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	245890
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>On 17 December 2018 we published the Good Work Plan, which sets out our vision for the future of the labour market and our ambitious plan for implementing the recommendations arising from the Taylor Review. This important package represents the biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in over 20 years and demonstrates how we are leading the way internationally to ensure workers have access to the rights and protections they deserve in the context of a changing world of work.</p><p> </p><p>Successive governments have introduced a legal framework which ensures that employers should always treat their employees fairly.</p><p> </p><p>In general, the terms and conditions of employment are for negotiation and agreement between employers and employees (or their representatives). Once agreed, however, they form a legally binding contract of employment. While it is always open to either party to seek to renegotiate the terms of the contract, if the employer changes any of the terms without the employee’s agreement, the employee may be entitled to seek legal redress.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, employees who consider that their dismissal was unfair can complain to an employment tribunal, generally subject to a qualifying period of continuous service.</p><p> </p><p>Both employers and employees are strongly encouraged to follow the guidance available on GOV.UK at https://www.gov.uk/your-employment-contract-how-it-can-be-changed when considering changing their terms and conditions of employment.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 30/04/2019 09:39:33 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1123661

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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	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, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 December 2018, Official Report HCWS1184, when he plans to bring forward detailed proposals on tackling uncertainty around employment status.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
	uin	248558
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to legislate to improve the clarity of the employment status tests, reflecting the reality of modern working relationships. This will help to ensure that both businesses and individuals understand their rights and obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Employment status is a complex issue and so it is only right that we take time to consider how best to achieve change that works for all. We will bring forward detailed proposals on status in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 07/05/2019 16:05:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

1123886

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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	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 has taken to increase workers rights.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	249272
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>On 17 December 2018 we published the Good Work Plan, which sets out our vision for the future of the labour market and our ambitious plan for implementing the recommendations arising from the Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices.</p><p> </p><p>Since publishing the Good Work Plan, we have passed legislation that means:</p><ul><li>All workers receive a day one statement of rights setting out leave entitlements and pay;</li><li>An maximum additional penalty that Employment Tribunals can use quadrupling from £5,000 to £20,000, helping ensure workers are protected from employers who show malice, spite or gross oversight;</li><li>The ending of the Swedish Derogation, the legal loophole that enables some firms to pay agency workers on less than permanent staff, which will benefit up to 120,000 agency workers;</li><li>New agency workers will receive a key facts page before signing up with an agency, providing them with greater clarity, particularly around their pay; and</li><li>The threshold for an information and consultation request being reduced from 10% to 2% of employees, meaning a stronger voice in the workplace.</li></ul><p> </p><p>In delivering the Good Work Plan. we will also:</p><ul><li>Legislate to make improvements to the clarity of employment status tests to reflect the reality of modern working relationships;</li><li>Bring forward proposals for consultation on creating a new, single labour market enforcement agency to better ensure that vulnerable workers are more aware of and can exercise their rights, and that businesses are more supported to comply with the law;</li><li>Enforce holiday pay for vulnerable workers;</li><li>Introduce a right to request a more predictable and stable contract;</li><li>Launch a new scheme to name and shame, for the first time, employers who fail to pay employment tribunal awards.</li></ul> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/05/2019 16:52:39 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1131347

	registered interest
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2019 to Question 260093, on what dates each labour market enforcement undertaking was applied; to which employers such undertakings were applied; and on the basis of what trigger offence in each case.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	263213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2016 introduced the provision for three labour market enforcement bodies to serve labour market enforcement undertakings (LMEU) and orders (LMEO): the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – National Minimum Wage Team (HMRC – NMW).</p><p> </p><p>To date, no prosecution has resulted from breaching a labour market enforcement undertaking or order.</p><p> </p><p>Each enforcement body has a different legal framework for the disclosure of information related to LMEUs. Both EAS and HMRC – NMW cannot disclose the name of the employers or the nature of the offences without informed consent from the employers involved as this would be in breach of their respective customer confidentiality clauses. Section 9 of the Employment Agency Act precludes EAS from publishing the name or details of enforcement action without the permission of the employment business or agencies involved. Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act (CRCA) 2005 precludes HMRC from disclosing/sharing information about an individual or taxpayer to a third party.</p><p> </p><p>The GLAA routinely discloses the dates and the type of trigger offences for which its LMEUs are served. Whilst the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 does not preclude the GLAA from disclosing the names of the recipients of LMEUs, the GLAA does not deem appropriate to release their identity. Identity disclosure would defeat the purpose of LMEUs which are a voluntary agreement meant to be a proportionate sanction to encourage compliant behaviour from the recipient.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below displays the information that could be disclosed by the three enforcement bodies:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Enforcement Body</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of LMEU served</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of commencement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Trigger offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>EAS</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>04/04/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>03/04/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p><strong>GLAA</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>20/03/18</p></td><td rowspan="10"><p>All these LMEUs have been issued for trigger offences under section 12 and 13 of the Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 which respectively refer to acting as an unlicensed gangmaster and using labour supplied by an unlicensed gangmaster.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>22/05/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21/06/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13/07/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>23/07/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16/08/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>21/08/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>31/12/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>15/04/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>26/04/19</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"><p><strong>HMRC - NMW</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>19/06/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>27/06/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21/08/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>05/11/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>22/10/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>30/10/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16/11/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>07/03/19</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total: 28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 263218 question first answered 17/06/2019 09:57:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1131387

	registered interest
	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	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, how many prosecutions there have been for breaching a labour market enforcement undertaking or order in each year since those undertakings and orders came into force.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	263218
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2016 introduced the provision for three labour market enforcement bodies to serve labour market enforcement undertakings (LMEU) and orders (LMEO): the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (GLAA) and Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs – National Minimum Wage Team (HMRC – NMW).</p><p> </p><p>To date, no prosecution has resulted from breaching a labour market enforcement undertaking or order.</p><p> </p><p>Each enforcement body has a different legal framework for the disclosure of information related to LMEUs. Both EAS and HMRC – NMW cannot disclose the name of the employers or the nature of the offences without informed consent from the employers involved as this would be in breach of their respective customer confidentiality clauses. Section 9 of the Employment Agency Act precludes EAS from publishing the name or details of enforcement action without the permission of the employment business or agencies involved. Section 18 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act (CRCA) 2005 precludes HMRC from disclosing/sharing information about an individual or taxpayer to a third party.</p><p> </p><p>The GLAA routinely discloses the dates and the type of trigger offences for which its LMEUs are served. Whilst the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 does not preclude the GLAA from disclosing the names of the recipients of LMEUs, the GLAA does not deem appropriate to release their identity. Identity disclosure would defeat the purpose of LMEUs which are a voluntary agreement meant to be a proportionate sanction to encourage compliant behaviour from the recipient.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table below displays the information that could be disclosed by the three enforcement bodies:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Enforcement Body</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of LMEU served</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date of commencement</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Trigger offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>EAS</strong></p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>04/04/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>03/04/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="10"><p><strong>GLAA</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>20/03/18</p></td><td rowspan="10"><p>All these LMEUs have been issued for trigger offences under section 12 and 13 of the Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004 which respectively refer to acting as an unlicensed gangmaster and using labour supplied by an unlicensed gangmaster.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>22/05/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21/06/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13/07/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>23/07/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16/08/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>21/08/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>31/12/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>15/04/19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>26/04/19</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="8"><p><strong>HMRC - NMW</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>19/06/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>27/06/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21/08/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>05/11/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>22/10/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>30/10/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>16/11/18</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>07/03/19</p></td><td><p>Not disclosed</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total: 28</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 263213 question first answered 17/06/2019 09:57:18 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1141109

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	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 parts of the Government’s plan for workplace rights in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal have been implemented.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	280349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s plan for workplace rights in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal has been implemented.</p><p> </p><p>We laid no deal Employment Rights SIs earlier this year. These SIs were passed on 4<sup>th</sup> March 2019 and will come into effect on exit day in the event of no-deal. These SIs ensure that we are upholding the commitment not to roll back workers’ rights as we leave the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has prepared guidance for businesses and individuals to help prepare for a no-deal exit from the EU. This includes guidance on employment rights. All guidance for a no deal scenario is published on the internet: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-prepare-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/how-to-prepare-if-the-uk-leaves-the-eu-with-no-deal</a></p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 03/09/2019 15:11:48 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

1168889

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2020
	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 plans the Government has to negotiate alignment with the EU on employment rights after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting workers’ rights and enhancing these where it is right for the UK. The Political Declaration sets out the UK’s ambition on employment provisions in our future trade agreement with the EU. In order to prevent either Party gaining an unfair trade advantage, the UK will seek a reciprocal agreement to maintain social and employment standards at the current high levels. This will both help maintain fair and open competition in trade and protect workers’ rights in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/01/2020 10:06:45 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1170769

	registered interest
	date	14/01/2020
	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 the Government has plans to diverge from the EU on employment rights after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	3199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2020 answer text <p>It is a priority to make the UK the best place in the world to work. The Government has committed to protect and enhance workers’ rights after the UK leaves the EU. Workers’ rights in the UK already go above the EU minimum standards in a number of areas and as such the UK already diverges from these in a way which is positive for UK workers.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 20/01/2020 14:28:08 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1202338

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2020
	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 prevent employers dismissing and re-employing staff for the purposes of changing the terms and conditions of their employment.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	57937
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2020 answer text <p>Terms and conditions of employment are for negotiation and agreement between employers and employees (or their representatives). Provided they do not discriminate unlawfully, for example on grounds of race, sex or disability, employers are free to offer the terms and conditions of employment which best suit their business needs. Once agreed, however, they form a legally binding contract of employment. While it is always open to either party to seek to renegotiate the terms of the contract, if the employer changes any of the terms without the employee’s agreement, the employee may be entitled to seek legal redress.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/06/2020 15:04:58 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1222039

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2020
	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 discussions officials of his Department have had with representatives of (a) trade unions and (b) civil society groups on labour rights (i) protections and (ii) violations in supply chains.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	uin	71196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>As part of his annual strategy 2018/19, the former Director of Labour Market Enforcement - Sir David Metcalf – recommended that the Government introduce joint responsibility to encourage the top of the chain to take an active role to tackle labour market breaches through their supply chain. Sir David also recommended that provisions should be made to enable the temporary embargo of “hot goods” to disrupt supply chain activity where significant non-compliance is found.</p><p> </p><p>The Government consulted on these recommendations as part of a wider consultation on the creation of a new Single Enforcement Body for employment rights. During the consultation period, officials from the Department discussed labour market breaches in supply chains with a range of representatives of trade unions and civil society groups. This included a dedicated roundtable to discuss non-compliance in supply chains, and a meeting with members of the Modern Slavery Strategy Implementation Group to further discuss the topic. These discussions have been of great value and the Government response to the consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 17/07/2020 13:12:13 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1222046

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2020
	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 his Department plans to take to ensure that the incomes of workers are fully supported at or above the minimum wage in cases where their employers are under investigation for alleged exploitative or unsafe working practices.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	uin	71203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to cracking down on employers who fail to pay the National Minimum Wage. We are clear that anyone entitled to be paid the minimum wage should receive it. All businesses – irrespective of their size or business sector – are responsible for paying the correct minimum wage to their staff.</p><p>Individuals can contact the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) on 0300 123 1100 or at www.acas.org.uk for confidential, impartial, and free advice if they think they are being underpaid. They can also complain to HMRC, which is responsible for enforcing National Minimum Wage legislation. HMRC will consider every complaint it receives.</p><p>The Government has more than doubled the budget for National Minimum Wage compliance and enforcement to £27.5 million for 2020/21, up from £13.2 million in 2015/16. Increasing the budget allows HMRC to focus on tackling the most serious cases of non-compliance. It also increases the number of compliance officers available to investigate minimum wage complaints and conduct risk-based enforcement in sectors where non-compliance is most likely.</p><p>The safer workplaces guidance does not change existing obligations relating to health and safety, employment, or equalities. If the enforcing authority finds that an employer is not taking action to properly manage workplace risk, a range of actions are open to them including specific advice or issuing enforcement notices.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 17/07/2020 13:13:20 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1239974

	registered interest
	date	02/10/2020
	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 plans to take on workers’ rights following the conclusion of the Alison Levitt QC report into exploitation in Leicester’s garment industry.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Claudia Webbe
	uin	98781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/10/2020 answer text <p>Exploiting vulnerable workers for commercial gain is despicable and we expect businesses to do all they can to tackle abuse and exploitation in their supply chains. The findings of this review are concerning and we expect Boohoo to continue to fully cooperate with law enforcement agencies in their ongoing investigations in Leicester.</p><p> </p><p>In response to the allegations of labour market non-compliance in Leicester garment factories, a taskforce led by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority has been set up. The taskforce coordinates a multi-agency approach to enforcement activity, the gathering and sharing of intelligence and wider community engagement aimed at encouraging reporting and helping raise awareness of workers’ rights. It includes: HMRC National Minimum Wage; Employment Agencies Standards Inspectorate; Leicestershire Police; National Crime Agency; Leicester City Council; Department for Work and Pensions and Immigration Enforcement. Where evidence of non-compliance is found, the enforcement bodies will take appropriate enforcement activity.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to improving enforcement of employment rights and following a consultation, we have announced our intention to create a single enforcement body. The single enforcement body will provide a clearer route for workers to raise a complaint and get support, enabling more coordinated enforcement action and the use of pooled intelligence to better target proactive enforcement.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 12/10/2020 15:57:13 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4848 label Biography information for Claudia Webbe

1259821

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2020
	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 his Department is taking to help protect workers' rights after the end of the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Preston
	tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
	uin	127483
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition is for the UK to be the best place in the world to work and grow a business. The Government has already passed legislation to ensure that employment rights are protected at the end of the transition period. The legislation and the explanatory memorandum for each can be read at the following links: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/535/contents/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/535/contents/made</a> and <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/536/contents/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/536/contents/made</a>; and for Northern Ireland: <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/537/contents/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/537/contents/made</a> and <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/538/contents/made" target="_blank">https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/538/contents/made</a>.</p><p> </p><p>More information the continuing availability of workplace rights from 1 January 2021 is available online: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/workplace-rights-from-1-january-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/workplace-rights-from-1-january-2021</a>.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 18/12/2020 14:25:17 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

1273379

	registered interest
	date	30/12/2020
	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 recent assessment she has made of the implications of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement for existing EU-derived labour standards.
	tabling member constituency	East Renfrewshire
	tabling member printed	Kirsten Oswald
	uin	132974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>Our high standards have never been dependent on EU membership, and this agreement recognises the importance of these employment standards, whilst retaining flexibility for us to tailor our approach to what works for the UK and maintaining our strong levels of employment protections.</p><p> </p><p>Our ambition is to be the best place in the world to work and grow a business. This agreement provides us with the flexibility to make our own decisions on how to best do this, whilst upholding our high standards.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/01/2021 13:39:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4413 label Biography information for Kirsten Oswald

1273404

	registered interest
	date	30/12/2020
	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 plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend employment law in response to the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	133001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>As an independent, sovereign nation we are now ideally placed to capitalise on the wealth of opportunities available to us.</p><p> </p><p>Commitments made in this trade agreement recognise our existing regulatory high standards. We have committed to maintain our high labour standards, whilst retaining flexibility for us to tailor our approach to what works for the UK. We want to go further than ever before to uphold workers’ rights, support UK businesses and ultimately boost productivity in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 15/01/2021 13:51:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1273386

	registered interest
	date	30/12/2020
	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 introduce legislative proposals to ensure workers’ rights and employment standards are maintained after the transition period.
	tabling member constituency	Motherwell and Wishaw
	tabling member printed	Marion Fellows
	uin	133019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2021 answer text <p>As an independent, sovereign nation we are now ideally placed to capitalise on the wealth of opportunities available to us. We want to go further than ever before to uphold workers’ rights, support UK businesses and ultimately boost productivity in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Our high standards have never been dependent on EU membership, and this agreement recognises the importance of these employment standards, whilst retaining flexibility for us to tailor our approach to what works for the UK and maintaining our strong levels of protection.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully grouped question UIN 133018 question first answered 15/01/2021 13:52:55 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4440 label Biography information for Marion Fellows

1277473

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2021
	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, pursuant to the Prime Minister's answer to oral Question 910650 of 13 January 2021, how many meetings have taken place between Ministers in his Department and ACAS on fire and rehire employment practices.
	tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
	tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
	uin	139043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>BEIS Ministers meet with Acas monthly. These meetings cover a variety of employment matters.</p><p> </p><p>Acas is holding independent and impartial discussions with a range of stakeholders on the use of fire and rehire practices to change contractual terms and conditions. BEIS officials have met regularly with Acas to discuss insights from this work and the circumstances when fire and hire practices are used.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/01/2021 17:41:14 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1279289

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2021
	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 future rulings on workers' rights by the Court of Justice of the European Union will be applied to Northern Ireland workers under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast South
	tabling member printed	Claire Hanna
	uin	141627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2021 answer text <p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement provisions concerning employment standards do not require new judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union to be implemented in Northern Ireland or any other nation of the U.K.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 26/01/2021 17:48:21 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
	tabling member	4827 label Biography information for Claire Hanna