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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

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

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

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