Douglas Carswell

Former UKIP MP for Clacton

@DouglasCarswell

Shares for Rights

There have been votes in Parliament on the introduction of the employee shareholder scheme which is an employee status obtained when an employee is given shares worth at least £2,000 in return for which the employer is permitted not to extend unfair dismissal rights, rights to statutory redundancy pay and other employment rights to the employee. .

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Douglas Carswell consistently voted for allowing employees to exchange some employment rights for shares in the company they work for

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Major votes

  • On 23 Apr 2013: Douglas Carswell voted to exempt those with employee shareholder status from certain statutory employment rights. Show vote
  • On 16 Apr 2013: Douglas Carswell voted to permit employers not to extend certain otherwise statutory rights to employees with a new employee shareholder status. Show vote
  • On 17 Dec 2012: Douglas Carswell voted to exempt those with employee shareholder status from certain statutory employment rights. Show vote
  • On 17 Dec 2012: Douglas Carswell voted for a new employment status of employee shareholder, holders of which may be exempted from certain statutory employment rights; for an option for planning applications to be made directly to the Secretary of State in areas where the local planning authority is deemed to be performing poorly and to postpone a business rate revaluation from 2015 to 2017. Show vote
  • On 5 Nov 2012: Douglas Carswell voted for a new employment status of employee shareholder, holders of which may be exempted from certain statutory employment rights; for an option for planning applications to be made directly to the Secretary of State in areas where the local planning authority is deemed to be performing poorly and to postpone a business rate revaluation from 2015 to 2017. Show vote

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