Employment Rights Bill - Report (3rd Day) – in the House of Lords at 6:23 pm on 21 July 2025.
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch:
Moved by Baroness Jones of Whitchurch
112: Schedule 4, page 207, line 17, at end insert—“(6) Subsections (2) to (5)—(a) do not apply in relation to a term or condition of a person’s employment if, and to the extent that, giving effect to the agreement would alter the term or condition to the person’s detriment; (b) do not prevent the terms and conditions of a person’s employment from including a term or condition that is more favourable to the person than that which would otherwise have effect by virtue of those subsections.”Member's explanatory statementThis Amendment provides that an agreement of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body cannot alter a person’s terms and conditions of employment to make the person worse off, and does not prevent an employer from offering more favourable terms and conditions than those provided for by the agreement.
113: Schedule 4, page 207, line 29, after “apply” insert “(but see subsection (8))”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is consequential on my amendment of Schedule 4 at page 208, line 4.
114: Schedule 4, page 208, line 4, at end insert—“(8) Subsections (4) to (7)—(a) do not apply in relation to a term or condition of a person’s employment if, and to the extent that, giving effect to the regulations would alter the term or condition to the person’s detriment;(b) do not prevent the terms and conditions of a person’s employment from including a term or condition that is more favourable to the person than that which would otherwise have effect by virtue of those subsections.”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment provides that, where the School Support Staff Negotiating Body has been unable to reach an agreement about a matter and the Secretary of State makes regulations about the matter, the regulations cannot alter a person’s terms and conditions of employment to make the person worse off, and do not prevent an employer from offering more favourable terms and conditions than those provided for by the regulations.
115: Schedule 4, page 208, leave out lines 8 to 14Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is consequential on my amendment of Schedule 4 at page 208, line 4.
116: Schedule 4, page 208, line 22, leave out “(7)” and insert “(8)”Member's explanatory statementThis amendment is consequential on my amendment of Schedule 4 at page 208, line 4.
Amendments 112 to 116 agreed.
Amendments 116A and 116B not moved.
Clause 44: Effect of regulations ratifying agreement
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