Employment Bill

Public Bill Committees

• Employment Bill, 1st sitting (10 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 22 - Employment tribunals (75 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 7, in page 32, line 1, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
• Employment Bill, 2nd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 22 - Employment tribunals (118 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [6 December]: No. 12, in page 32, line 16, at the end to insert the words— '(dd) to make an order prohibiting a representative of a party to proceedings before it from...
• Employment Bill, 3rd sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 22 - Employment Tribunals (40 speeches)
    Amendment moved [this day]: No. 16, in page 32, line 27, at end add— ''(3) After that section there is inserted— '13B Charges for Applications to Employment Tribunals Employment...
  • Clause 23 - Employment Appeal Tribunal (9 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 25, in page 33, line 2, at end add— '( ) After that section there is inserted— ''34A Compensation for preparation time Appeal Tribunal procedure rules...
  • Clause 24 - Conciliation (33 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 34, in page 33, line 10, after 'such', insert 'fixed'.
  • Clause 25 - Power to delegate prescription of forms etc. (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 39, in page 33, line 43, at end insert— ''(aa) authorise the Secretary of State to prescribe forms in electronic format for the purposes stated in paragraph (a)...
  • Clause 26 - Determination without a hearing (10 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 40, in page 34, line 7, after 'hearing', insert 'where both parties agree to such a determination'. The amendment would provide that determination without a hearing...
• Employment Bill, 4th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 27 - Practice directions (12 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 41, in page 34, line 20, at end insert— '(2A) Where employment tribunal procedure regulations include provisions enabling the President to make directions about...
  • Clause 28 - Pre-hearing reviews (22 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 42, in page 34, line 31, at end add— '(2) In section 9(1) of the Employment Tribunals Act 1996, after paragraph (a) there is inserted— ''(aa) for enabling...
  • Clause 29 - Statutory dispute resolution procedures (43 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 79, in page 35, line 9, leave out subsection (b).
• Employment Bill, 5th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Derek Conway in the Chair]
  • Clause 29 - Statutory dispute resolution procedures (35 speeches)
    Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
  • Schedule 2 - Statutory dispute resolution procedures (83 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 29, in page 57, line 8, after 'writing', insert 'in the form of a statement.'.
• Employment Bill, 6th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 30 - Contracts of employment (7 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 53, in page 35, line 27, at end insert- '(2A) The Secretary of State shall by regulations prescribe a procedure for certification by the Advisory, Conciliation and...
  • Clause 31 - Non-completion of statutory procedure: adjustment of awards (35 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 54, in page 36, line 34, leave out paragraph (d).
  • Clause 32 - Consequential adjustment of time limits (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 58, in page 37, line 16, leave out paragraph (c). This is a probing amendment. It seeks to leave out clause 31(2)(c), which allows regulations to ''make provision...
  • Clause 33 - Non-completion of statutory procedure: exclusion of claims (27 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 63, in page 37, line 19, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'.
  • Clause 34 - Procedural fairness in unfair dismissal (17 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 78, in page 38, line 1, leave out from '(1),' to 'shows' in line 4 and insert 'failure by an employer to follow a procedure in relation to the dismissal of an employee...
• Employment Bill, 7th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 34 - Procedural fairness in unfair dismissal (40 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 78, in page 38, line 1, leave out from '(1),' to 'shows' in line 4 and insert 'failure by an employer to follow a procedure in relation to the dismissal of an...
  • Clause 36 - Removal of exemption for small employers (34 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 68, in page 39, line 31, leave out from 'procedures,' to end of line 32 and insert 'subsection (3) shall have effect so that the note need not comply with the...
  • Clause 37 - Use of alternative documents to give particulars (8 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 87, in page 39, line 41, leave out 'meet' and insert 'discharge'.
  • Clause 38 - Failure to give statement of employment particulars, etc. (17 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 80, in page 41, line 21, after 'document', insert 'purporting to be a document'.
• Employment Bill, 8th sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Paternity leave (108 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 96, in page 2, line 4, leave out 'shall' and insert 'may'.
• Employment Bill, 9th sitting (2 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Paternity leave (108 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 125, in page 2, line 36, after 'pregnancy', insert '(in which case reference in this section to the date of the child's birth shall mean the date of the stillbirth)'....
• Employment Bill, 10th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Derek Conway in the Chair]
  • Clause 1 - Paternity leave (23 speeches)
    Question proposed [this day], That the clause stand part of the Bill. Question again proposed.
  • Clause 2 - Statutory paternity pay (103 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 123, in page 5, line 31, leave out 'or has been'. This is a probing amendment. Is the inclusion of ''or has been'' intended to create an obligation on an former...
• Employment Bill, 11th sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 2 - Statutory paternity pay (119 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [10 January]: No. 129, in page 8, line 8, leave out from the word 'State' to the word 'is' in line 10 and insert the words 'shall, by regulations, provide that all statutory...
  • Clause 3 - Adoption Leave (15 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 141, in page 12, line 13, leave out 'satisfies prescribed conditions' and insert 'is a person with whom a child is or is expected to be placed, for adoption under the...
• Employment Bill, 12th sitting (15 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 4 - Statutory adoption pay (74 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 149, in page 15, leave out line 8. Amendment No. 149 seeks to remove new section 171ZL(2)(c). This is simply to establish—once again it is a problem of...
  • Clause 5 - General functions of the Board (4 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 7 - funding of employers' liabilities (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 172, in page 22, line 4, at end add— '(c) include provision for a person who has made a payment of statutory paternity pay or statutory adoption pay qualifying...
  • Clause 10 - Powers to require information (23 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 177, in page 24, line 10, leave out ''has been'' and insert ''was at the time of the claimed entitlement''.
  • Clause 11 - Penalties: failure to comply (13 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 182, in page 24, line 23, after ''record'', insert ''which is or was at the time of the request in his possession or which he is required by this Act or any regulation...
• Employment Bill, 13th sitting (1 speech)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Clause 42 - Equal pay: questionnaires (11 speeches)
    Good morning, Mr. Amess. I beg to move amendment No. 217, in page 44, line 8, at end insert— '(3A) Information received by a complainant in response to a form served on a respondent as...
  • Clause 43 - Union learning representatives (102 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 216 in page 45, line 8, leave out 'permit an employee of his' and insert ', in respect of each establishment or bargaining unit (whichever is the smaller) in which...
• Employment Bill, 14th sitting (2 speeches)
  [Mr. Derek Conway in the Chair]
  • Clause 43 - Union learning representatives (154 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 216, in page 45, line 8, leave out— 'permit an employee of his'— and insert— ', in respect of each establishment or bargaining unit...
• Employment Bill, 15th sitting (4 speeches)
  [Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair]
  • Clause 43 - Union learning representatives (49 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 221, in page 45, line 33, after '(2)' insert 'and has obtained a nationally recognised qualification relevant to those activities'.
  • Clause 44 - dismissal procedures agreements (2 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 45 - fixed-term work (39 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 213, in page 47, line 28, leave out 'employees' and insert 'workers'.
• Employment, 16th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. Derek Conway in the Chair]
  • Clause 45 - Fixed-term work (11 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [this day]: No. 215, in page 47, line 33, at end insert— '(1A) For the first two years of an employee's fixed term employment the regulations will not apply to...
  • Clause 46 - Fixed-term work (5 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 232, in page 49, line 5, leave out ''average'' and insert ''normal''. The clause inserts substitute wording into the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act...
  • Clause 47 - Work-focused interviews for partners (50 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 48 - Use of information for, or relating to, (13 speeches)
    Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
  • Clause 49 - Orders and regulations (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 229, in page 52, line 12, leave out 'or 33' and insert ', 33 or 45'.—[Mr. Hammond.] Clause 49, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill. Clauses 50 and 51...
  • Schedule 6 - Minor and consequential amendments (44 speeches)
    I beg to move amendment No. 211, in page 67, line 9, leave out '171ZL(1)' and insert '171ZN(1)'
• Employment Bill, 17th sitting (0 speeches)
  [Mr. David Amess in the Chair]
  • Schedule 6 - Minor and consequential amendments (35 speeches)
    Amendment proposed [22 January]: No. 200, in page 69, line 14, at end insert— 'In section 48 (right to present complaint of detriment to employment tribunal), for ''or 47C'' there is...
  • Schedule 7 - Repeals and revocations (0 speeches)
    Amendment made: No. 234, in page 72, line 32, column 2, leave out 'paragraphs 12(3) and 14(3)' and insert 'paragraph 12(3)'.—[Alan Johnson.] Schedule 7, as amended, agreed to.
  • Clause 53 - Short title etc. (0 speeches)
    Amendments made: No. 233, in page 53, line 21, leave out from 'the' to end of line 23 and insert 'repeal of'. No. 209, in page 53, line 28, leave out 'section' and insert 'sections'. No. 210,...
  • New clause 2 - Flexible working (0 speeches)
    '(1) The Employment Rights Act 1996 (c.18) is amended as follows. (2) After Part 8 there is inserted— ''Part 8A Flexible working 80F Statutory right to request contract variation ...
  • New clause 3 - Fixed-term work: Northern Ireland (4 speeches)
    (1) The Department for Employment and Learning shall make regulations— (a) for the purpose of securing that employees in fixed-term employment are treated, for such purposes and to such...