Clause 25 - Detriment for use of union services or
Employment Relations Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Henry Bellingham (North West Norfolk, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 13, in
clause 25, page 23, line 11, leave out 'or deterring' and insert 'him or taking action so as unreasonably to deter'.
Subsection (2) refers to the employer preventing or deterring an employee
''from making use of trade union services at an appropriate time, or penalising him for doing so''.
I do not know why it does not say ''him or her''; perhaps the Minister could comment on that.
My tidying-up amendment replaces ''deterring'' and inserts
''him or taking action so as unreasonably to deter''.
From a legal point of view, it is slightly clearer to change the wording in that way. Amendment No. 47 is not grouped with it, but there will be related points concerning it.