Nick de Bois, former MP, Enfield North

How Nick de Bois voted on allowing employees to exchange some employment rights for shares in the company they work for.

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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 Â£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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Nick de Bois generally 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: Nick de Bois voted to exempt those with employee shareholder status from certain statutory employment rights. Show vote
On 16 Apr 2013: Nick de Bois 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: Nick de Bois was absent for a vote on Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Clause 25 — Employee Shareholder Status — Exemption from Certain Statutory Employment Rights Show vote
On 17 Dec 2012: Nick de Bois was absent for a vote on Growth and Infrastructure Bill — Third Reading Show vote
On 5 Nov 2012: Nick de Bois 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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