New Clause 2
Employment Bill [Lords]
2:45 pm
Enforcement of unpaid Employment Tribunal awards
‘(1) The Secretary of State shall by order make regulations to enforce the recovery, on behalf of the claimant, of any Employment Tribunal monetary award not fully paid by the respondent within forty-two days of the date on which judgment was sent to the parties, and for the recovery of all associated enforcement costs from the respondent.
(2) Regulations made under subsection (1) shall—
(a) identify organisations responsible for the recovery of awards under subsection (1),
(b) provide powers enabling organisations identified under paragraph (a) to recover awards and associated costs as set out in subsection (1),
(c) provide for the regulation of organisations operating under this section.
(3) Regulations under subsection (1) shall be made by statutory instrument.
(4) No regulations may be made under subsection (1) unless a draft of the instrument containing the regulations has been laid before and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.’.—[John Hemming.]