Clause 34 - Procedural fairness in unfair dismissal
Employment Bill
5:30 pm
Mr Alan Johnson (Minister of State (Employment and the Regions), Department of Trade and Industry; Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle, Labour)
The ACAS code recommends precisely that an employee should be suspended. We have already been over the argument about setting basic minimum standards. Employment tribunals will still be considered, but as to insisting that the person stays in the workplace, I am pleased that the hon. Gentleman agrees that we need a modified code. His argument is similar to that expressed by some of my
hon. Friends—why do we not implement the ACAS code. We have been round the course on that long enough. I hope that the Committee will accept that clause 34 stand part of the Bill.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 34, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 35 ordered to stand part of the Bill.