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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	Agency Workers: Termination 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 his Department has made of the adequacy of notice periods for people on agency contracts with regard to dismissal procedures.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	132207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The termination arrangements for agency workers are determined by the contract of engagement.</p><p> </p><p>In recognition of a need for greater transparency to better support agency workers, the Government set out in its response to the Taylor review of modern employment practice the intention to introduce a “key facts” page for agency workers, which will set out clearly all the information needed by an agency worker to make an informed decision prior to entering into a contract.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 19/03/2018 15:52:53 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

860639

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Bereavement Leave
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 his Department has had with employers who use agency contracts on access to bereavement or compassionate leave.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s discussions with employers about bereavement or compassionate leave have not referred to agency contracts.</p><p> </p><p>Our manifesto made a commitment that bereaved parents should be able to take some time away from work to grieve for a lost child. To achieve that, the Government is supporting the Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill. Consultations with business representatives took place last summer and further consultation will take place this year on the details.</p><p> </p><p>Acas has developed guidance for employers on managing bereavement in the workplace, in conjunction with Cruse Bereavement Care. It recognises the effect that bereavement might have on employees in undertaking their duties, sets out the law in this area and provides guidance on good practice, including having a bereavement policy in place.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 19/03/2018 15:21:25 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

860640

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Agency Workers: 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 his Department has made of the effect on the level of workers' rights of people being employed on agency contracts.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Taylor review into modern employment practices highlighted several areas where the protections of agency workers’ rights could be strengthened.</p><p> </p><p>In response, the Government is currently consulting on the regulation of umbrella companies, and intermediaries; state enforcement of the Agency Worker Regulations; whether “pay between assignments” contracts for agency workers (known as the Swedish derogations) should be repealed; and on the essential information that should be included in a ‘key facts’ summary of an agency worker’s contract.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 19/03/2018 15:20:16 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

860641

registered interest
date	12/03/2018
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	Agency Workers
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of people who have been employed as agency workers for (a) less than one year, (b) between one and two years and (c) more than two years.
tabling member constituency	Delyn
tabling member printed	David Hanson
uin	131998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department holds no information on how long agency workers have been employed on contracts for specific periods of time.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 19/03/2018 15:22:38 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson