Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when her Department plans to table secondary legislation to implement the Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government was pleased to support the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act, which received Royal Assent on 24th May 2023. Regulations under this Act to deliver additional redundancy protection for pregnant women and new parents were laid on 11th December.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348254846/pdfs/ukdsi_9780348254846_en.pdf
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what her planned timetable is for publishing guidance on the implementation of the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
As part of our efforts to communicate the changes which are being introduced under the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023, the Government will be producing guidance. The guidance will be published in the New Year to support the commencement of the regulations.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of imposing independent regulations on scaffolding certification.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The Construction Industry Scaffolders Record Scheme (CISRS) has been the industry-recognised scaffold training scheme for over 40 years. Our standards of health and safety protections are among the highest in the world and there is no reason for that to change.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the Law Commission report entitled Employment Law Hearing Structures: Report, published April 2020, what progress he has made on extending the time limit for all employment tribunal claims to six months.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government continues to keep of Employment Tribunal time limits under review.
Any decision to extend Employment Tribunal time limits will need to take account of the effect on the wider justice system, as well as the effect on Acas, who are responsible for conducting early conciliation.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what progress her Department has made on bringing forward statutory instruments relating to the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is pleased the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act received Royal Assent on 24th May 2023. The Act requires secondary legislation which is subject to the affirmative process. Those regulations will be laid in due course.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when she plans to bring forward secondary legislation under the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act 2023.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government is pleased the Protection from Redundancy (Pregnancy and Family Leave) Act received Royal Assent on 24th May 2023. The Act requires secondary legislation which is subject to the affirmative process. Those regulations will be laid in due course.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department plans to implement the Law Commission's April 2020 recommendation on extending to six months the time limit for bringing any employment tribunal claim.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 27th March 2023, UIN 170606.
Asked by: Dan Jarvis (Labour - Barnsley Central)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of (a) implementing the Law Commission’s April 2020 recommendations and (b) extending the time limit for all Employment Tribunal claims to 6 months.
Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Government welcomed the Law Commission’s report on Employment Law Hearing Structures and is keeping the recommendations made, under consideration. While the time limit for bringing most claims is three months, tribunals have the discretion to provide extensions. We believe that the current approach, taken on a case by basis, is the most proportionate at this time
The Government continues to look closely at extending the time limit for bringing Equality Act 2010 based cases to the employment tribunal and are looking to assess the impact of such a change on all aspects of the Employment Tribunal System. Any decision will need to take account of the effect on the wider justice system and on the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas).