Clause 12 - Means of communicating with workers
Employment Relations Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Employment Relations, Competition and Consumers), Department of Trade and Industry; Bradford South, Labour)
The hon. Gentleman is not correct that we are attacking an individual employer. The provision gives the Secretary of State the power, in the light of the provisions of the previous clause, to extend the possibilities for contacting workers by whatever means is appropriate, for instance, by e-mail or other computer technology. Who is to say what the future may bring in terms of communication with employees?