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93091

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date	14/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Small Businesses: Civil Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to protect small businesses from vexatious claims by employees; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	210557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2014 answer text <p>The new Employment Tribunal rules of procedure, which implemented the recommendations of the Underhill Review, were implemented on 29 July 2013. These rules allow tribunals to identify weak or vexatious claims at an early stage through an initial sift and to manage them effectively through measures such as deposit orders. Greater flexibility to apply a deposit order to parts of a claim or response helps to manage the expectations of claimants as to the strength of their claim and encourage them to consider more carefully what parts of their claim they want to take forward.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 17/10/2014 13:29:29 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

93023

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Holiday Leave: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he plans to include both non-compulsory and non-guaranteed overtime in calculations of holiday pay; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	210148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government wants to get the right balance between the needs of employers and employees. We want to see jobs created and protected, and for those jobs to provide employees with appropriate reward for their hard work.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not believe that overtime that is non-compulsory or non-guaranteed should be included in holiday pay. We argued accordingly when we intervened in the case of <em>Fulton v Bear Scotland</em> which was heard by the Employment Appeal Tribunal in late July. The Tribunal has not yet issued its ruling.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 16/10/2014 14:58:27 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

90391

registered interest
date	02/09/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Holiday Leave: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the inclusion of non-compulsory and non-guaranteed overtime in the calculation of holiday pay; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	207840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2014 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and other BIS Ministers regularly meet other European Ministers and discuss a wide range of issues. Regular discussions also take place at official level.</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 05/09/2014 13:33:01 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson