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26 Feb 2025, 5:06 p.m. - House of Commons "an Employment Bill that will make it impossible for business to grow. " Andrew Griffith MP (Arundel and South Downs, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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26 Feb 2025, 5:08 p.m. - House of Commons "Employment Bill which he studied. My friend talked to us about how family businesses are people's hopes and dreams and ambitions. You'll " Andrew Griffith MP (Arundel and South Downs, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Mar 2025, 3:29 p.m. - House of Lords "forward an Employment Bill and a tax on the trade unions only confirmed their suspicion. This bill can help " Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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27 Mar 2025, 11:33 a.m. - House of Commons "Changi since they rejected him? But tariffs are just one challenge facing the industry. Alongside the jobs tax and the employment Bill, the steel industry is being choked " Greg Smith MP (Mid Buckinghamshire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Mar 2025, 1:22 p.m. - House of Lords "to reflect current realities -- the employment bill is a step forward " Baroness Goudie (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Mar 2025, 2:26 p.m. - House of Lords "also say that we are now in the process of the employment Bill of creating a fair work agency. The " Lord Moraes (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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31 Mar 2025, 3:17 p.m. - House of Lords " As I say, the Employment Bill we " Baroness Jones of Whitchurch, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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25 Mar 2025, 10:53 p.m. - House of Lords "an employment bill that we will be able to set our trade union rights " Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Mar 2025, 2:28 p.m. - House of Commons "that the government is seeking to introduce, taken together the measures of the employment Bill, national insurance, business rates changes, everything else, small businesses feel overwhelmed. All " Daisy Cooper MP (St Albans, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Mar 2025, 2:30 p.m. - House of Commons "rights enforcement is a fact, fair, fit for purpose. In conclusion, there is much in the employment Bill " Daisy Cooper MP (St Albans, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Mar 2025, 6:11 p.m. - House of Commons "alongside this employment Bill. I also acknowledge the amendment tabled by the committee chair, " Andy McDonald MP (Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Mar 2025, 2:27 p.m. - House of Commons "last year and met just once in the year before? As with the long- awaited employment Bill, which never materialised, is it not the case " Greg Smith MP (Mid Buckinghamshire, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Mar 2025, 2:56 p.m. - House of Commons "growth and whether the employment Bill actually drives economic growth. I know from my time on the " Steve Darling MP (Torbay, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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11 Mar 2025, 3:05 p.m. - House of Commons "that this employment bill is a little like that. Where actually it may have lots of promise on the " Steve Darling MP (Torbay, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Mar 2025, 5:02 p.m. - House of Commons ">> I thank her four giving way. She will recall that in 2017, when the Conservative party announced the Employment Bill that was never " Becky Gittins MP (Clwyd East, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 Mar 2025, 5:02 p.m. - House of Commons "Employment Bill that was never produced, they said that it would represent the biggest upgrade of " Becky Gittins MP (Clwyd East, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 Apr 2025, 2:31 p.m. - House of Commons "called for an office whistleblower and have amendments down to the employment bill to strengthen protections for whistleblowers and I " Daisy Cooper MP (St Albans, Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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23 Apr 2025, 9:25 p.m. - House of Lords "small businesses. Some worry about the cost of the Employment Bill, now " Lord Kamall (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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29 Apr 2025, 3:50 p.m. - House of Lords "Fair Work Agency, Employment Bill time limits, trade union reform and " Lord Hunt of Wirral (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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29 Apr 2025, 7:30 p.m. - House of Lords "the employment Bill to which we provided good use, and of course, " Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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29 Apr 2025, 7:19 p.m. - House of Lords "employment bill. But if this bill " Amendment:5 Baroness Noakes (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 May 2025, 1:31 p.m. - House of Lords "saying, in this new employment Bill, " Lord Moynihan of Chelsea (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 May 2025, 3:40 p.m. - House of Lords "employment bill, as dealing with the mechanics of it, and the previous answer you give to my probing " Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 May 2025, 3:40 p.m. - House of Lords "objective. I wonder why we can't be a little bit closer with the employment bill, as dealing with the " Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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8 May 2025, 5:24 p.m. - House of Commons "businesses are facing? And will he finally shalt the unemployed bill -- the Employment Bill that is cutting jobs and seeing people choking the " Andrew Griffith MP (Arundel and South Downs, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 May 2025, 3:32 p.m. - House of Commons ">> I can absolutely ensure, reassure my honourable friend that is what we intend to do. Our Employment Bill is " Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Leicester West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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12 May 2025, 3:32 p.m. - House of Commons "intend to do. Our Employment Bill is absolutely about ensuring we improve the quality of jobs, data security " Rt Hon Liz Kendall MP, The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Leicester West, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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21 May 2025, 1:19 p.m. - House of Commons "sparred on the important subject of the 300 page 120,000 word Employment Bill, it is never too late. That is undergoing scrutiny in the other " Andrew Griffith MP (Arundel and South Downs, Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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3 Jun 2025, 6:02 p.m. - House of Lords "thought this bill was called the employment bill, but clearly the Government, it is an appointment " Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jun 2025, 6:13 p.m. - House of Lords "employment Bill, addresses the arts and cultural sector, in speaking to these amendments I declare my interest as an artist member. I " Lord Freyberg (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jun 2025, 6:29 p.m. - House of Lords "is an employment bill, not an employee bill, would have included consideration of the self-employed freelancers, a group which includes " The Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jun 2025, 6:29 p.m. - House of Lords "creative into. I very much support this bill as far as it goes, but a truly modern Employment Bill, and it " The Earl of Clancarty (Crossbench) - View Video - View Transcript |
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16 Jun 2025, 9:16 p.m. - House of Lords "delayed, specifically in respect to SMEs defined by the small business enterprise and employment Bill. To " Lord Leigh of Hurley (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript |
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18 Jun 2025, 4:14 p.m. - House of Lords "sentiment, I will fully enjoy discussing the Employment Bill on " Lord Goddard of Stockport (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Employment Rights Bill
99 speeches (25,997 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 18th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) I fully enjoy sitting until midnight doing the employment Bill on your behalf”—which I think, with my - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
89 speeches (27,780 words) Committee stage: Part 1 Monday 16th June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) hand in hand at any one time.I very much support the Bill as far as it goes, but a truly modern employment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
74 speeches (24,534 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 3rd June 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: None The debate we just had was demoralising because I thought this Bill was an employment Bill. - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
154 speeches (11,055 words) Monday 12th May 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Liz Kendall (Lab - Leicester West) Our employment Bill is about ensuring that we improve the quality of jobs, give greater security to people - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
163 speeches (35,993 words) Committee stage Thursday 8th May 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) I wonder why, with this employment Bill, we cannot get a little closer to dealing with the mechanics.The - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
105 speeches (30,812 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 29th April 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Hunt of Wirral (Con - Life peer) warning us that there are more amendments in the pipeline on fire and rehire, the fair work agency, employment Bill - Link to Speech 2: None 50-employee mark would of course factor in extra regulatory costs, such as complying with this employment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill: Productivity
26 speeches (1,500 words) Monday 31st March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Lab - Life peer) The employment Bill that we have before us today is a very substantial piece of legislation. - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
119 speeches (47,030 words) 2nd reading Thursday 27th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Baroness O'Grady of Upper Holloway (Lab - Life peer) The Conservative Government’s broken promise to bring forward an employment Bill and its attacks on trade - Link to Speech |
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) Bill
72 speeches (17,658 words) Committee stage part two Tuesday 25th March 2025 - Lords Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay (Con - Life peer) If not, I see there is an employment Bill coming down the line and we will be able to assert our trade - Link to Speech |
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Employment Rights Bill
222 speeches (43,482 words) Report stage (day 2) Wednesday 12th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Daisy Cooper (LD - St Albans) Government are seeking to introduce.Small businesses are telling me that, taking the measures of the employment Bill - Link to Speech 2: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) Friend will remember that in 2017, when the Conservatives announced the employment Bill that was never - Link to Speech |
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“Chapter 4A
177 speeches (47,644 words) Tuesday 11th March 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) As with the long-awaited employment Bill that never materialised, is it the case that this Government - Link to Speech 2: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) particularly in response to the P&O disaster, that the Conservatives were going to introduce an employment Bill - Link to Speech |
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Family Businesses
215 speeches (31,779 words) Wednesday 26th February 2025 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Andrew Griffith (Con - Arundel and South Downs) It gave its union paymasters a blank cheque to craft an employment Bill that will make it impossible - Link to Speech |
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Oral Answers to Questions
144 speeches (10,315 words) Wednesday 5th February 2025 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Kemi Badenoch (Con - North West Essex) Last week, I asked about the employment Bill; he did not know what was going on. - Link to Speech |
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Tuesday 13th May 2025
Oral Evidence - London Business School, University of Edinburgh Business School, and Warwick Institute for Employment Research Preparing for an Ageing Society - Economic Affairs Committee Found: Lord Turnbull: In the House, there is an employment Bill. |
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Thursday 20th March 2025
Written Evidence - The Poverty Alliance RJ0076 - Get Britain Working: Reforming Jobcentres Get Britain Working – Reforming Jobcentres - Work and Pensions Committee Found: therefore positively correlated with a lower risk of poverty and emphasis on job quality through the Employment Bill |
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Wednesday 12th February 2025
Written Evidence - Single Parent Rights SPL0023 - Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave Equality at work: paternity and shared parental leave - Women and Equalities Committee Found: highly concerned that the Protected Paternity or Parental Partner leave amendment tabled for the Employment Bill |
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Employment Rights Bill: Bill 81 of 2024-25 - LLN-2025-0017
Mar. 20 2025 Found: government.59 Mr Reynolds began by criticising the Conservatives for not having brought forward an employment bill |
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Mar. 20 2025
Employment Rights Bill [HL]: HL Bill 81 of 2024-25 Employment Rights Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: government.59 Mr Reynolds began by criticising the Conservatives for not having brought forward an employment bill |
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Fair Banking APPG Document: Economic Crime Manifesto Found: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill (Volume 584). |
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London APPG Document: London’s needs from the Spending Review – Wednesday 30th April – Minutes Found: He asked for the extension of this through the Employment Bill whilst also recognising that disabled |
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Modernising Employment APPG Document: Good Work, New Deal, and the Employment Bill: Driving the Future of Work Found: Good Work, New Deal, and the Employment Bill: Driving the Future of Work |
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Modernising Employment APPG Document: Women in the Workplace Found: New Employment Bill talks about day one rights, step in the right direction, and about a Fair Work Agency |
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Baby Loss APPG Document: 15 December 2021 Found: She recommended look at future legislation, noting the new Employment Bill or potential further legislation |
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Women and Work APPG Document: What does good employment look Found: She said that the Employment Bill is thought to return in 2022, and will present an opportunity to better |
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Women and Work APPG Document: Securing the Future of Women’s Work: Making Flexible Working a Reality Found: She mentioned that one of the advantages of putting flexible working into a new Employment Bill is that |
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Apprenticeships APPG Document: Annual Report 2020-2021 Found: both employers and providers to safeguard apprentices’ mental health as it brings forward an Employment Bill |
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Women and Work APPG Document: Building Back Better: Securing the Future of Women’s Employment – the Women and Work APPG annual report 2021 Found: include the right to request flexible working from ‘day one’ where possible within a future Employment Bill |
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Women and Work APPG Document: Career Progression Found: her arguments and hopes the Government will introduce flexibility from day one in the upcoming Employment Bill |
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Women and Work APPG Document: Future of the Workplace Found: She argued that the upcoming Employment Bill will be a great opportunity to ensure these gains are not |
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Women and Work APPG Document: Lockdown and Recovery Found: from home, and these are the galvanising forces that need to be pressed by MPs ahead of the Employment Bill |
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Apr. 14 2025
Civil Nuclear Constabulary Source Page: CNC Annual Business Plan 2025/26 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: Review and recommend changes regarding the impact of the new Employment Bill Q4 Required changes to |
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Mar. 13 2025
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Source Page: Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: ability to innovate. 15 In the medium term as discussed in the going concern disclosure, the Employment Bill |
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Mar. 13 2025
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority Source Page: Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority: annual report and accounts 2023 to 2024 Document: (PDF) Transparency Found: In the medium term as discussed in the going concern disclosure, the Employment Bill 2024 has announced |
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The UK Employment Rights Bill
Tuesday 29th April 2025 This briefing describes the key topics covered by the UK Employment Rights Bill. This Bill is a significant piece of legislation currently being considered at Westminster. Although a UK Parliament Bill, the Bill is important in a Scottish context, as most of it applies to Scotland. View source webpage Found: government announced plans to legislate against tip deductions, including these proposals in the Employment Bill |
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PDF - report Inquiry: The Welsh Government’s Legislative Consent Memoranda Found: If we were considering an open-ended delegated power in, say, an Employment Bill allowing Ministers |
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PDF - Cost of living pressures Inquiry: Cost of Living Found: In the absence of a UK Employment Bill on workers’ rights coming forward, Dr Hann also pointed to voluntary |
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WQ89788
Asked by: Andrew RT Davies (Welsh Conservative Party - South Wales Central) Tuesday 28th November 2023 Question What assessment has the Minister made of the impact that the increase in minimum wage to £11.44 will have on tackling poverty? Answered by Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip The UK Government’s decision to implement the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission and increase the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage is the least we would expect. Whilst this increase will make a difference to the lowest paid workers, it will not end poverty pay. The National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage continues to lag behind the Real Living Wage, which is independently calculated to reflect the cost of living more accurately. We also know there are persistent issues with enforcement of the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage across the UK. In 2019, the UK Government promised an Employment Bill and the establishment of a Single Enforcement Body to clamp down on non-compliance, instead many workers continue to be underpaid a minimum hourly rate they are entitled to. |
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WQ84775
Asked by: Joel James (Welsh Conservative Party - South Wales Central) Tuesday 22nd March 2022 Question What assessment has the Welsh Government made of the number of employees who were unfairly dismissed when COVID-19 furlough payments came to an end? Answered by Minister for Economy The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) was a UK Government scheme administered by HM Revenue and Customs and unfair dismissal falls under UK employment law. I understand the latest UK Government release of Employment Tribunal and Employment Appeal Tribunal data is for the period to March 2021, well before the end of the JRS. I am concerned we will see a rise in unfair dismissal cases. We continue to call upon the UK Government to stop stalling on its promised Employment Bill, establish the Single Enforcement Body and provide all workers with the employment rights and protections they deserve. |
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WQ82852
Asked by: Paul Davies (Welsh Conservative Party - Preseli Pembrokeshire) Friday 16th July 2021 Question Will the Minister outline what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations in the Fair Work Commission’s report? Answered by Deputy Minister for Social Partnership We are using the powers, policy levers and influence we have to progress the recommendations of the Fair Work Commission, whilst recognising the world of work continues to change. We established the Social Care Fair Work Forum and its associated working groups which seek to improve working conditions in social care. Delivering the Forum is a key recommendation of the Fair Work Commission and we are using it to inform our approach to delivering our commitment to pay social care workers the Real Living Wage. Workplace health and safety has been radically altered by coronavirus and we responded to this by creating the national Health and Safety Forum. This has brought together trade unions, the main employer bodies and the relevant enforcement agencies to share their work and collective experience in helping to keep workplaces safe. We have teamed up with our social partners to deliver a campaign to strengthen knowledge and understanding of workplace rights and responsibilities. Linking into the campaign, our work with Acas has seen them deliver additional free digital briefing sessions for employers and workers in Wales. This picks up on key recommendations to improve knowledge of rights, the ability of workers to pursue their rights, and to work with UK agencies and others on the same. Working across the Welsh Government, we are using levers such as the Economic Contract and the Code of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains to encourage fair work practices. We are strengthening the social partnership approach as a key mechanism through which we can make workplaces fairer, safer and better for all. We have consulted widely on a draft Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill, which, if passed, will introduce new social partnership, socially responsible procurement and fair work duties. Finally, in line with the Fair Work Commission recommendations to influence in the non-devolved space, we continue to call on the UK Government to bring forward its promised Employment Bill and to commit additional resources to enforcement, so that workers have the statutory rights and protections they deserve. |
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Generative AI in the public sector
Wednesday 3rd July 2024 www.senedd.wales Welsh Parliament Senedd Research Generative AI – an overview Research Briefing July 2024 The Welsh Parliament is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people. Commonly known as the Senedd,... Found: The taskforce published a draft AI and Employment Bill in April 2024 and lobby for its incorporation |
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The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill
Wednesday 8th January 2020 National Assembly for Wales Senedd Research The Assembly and The European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill Research Briefing January 2020 National Assembly for Wales Senedd Research The Assembly and The National Assembly for Wales is the democra... Found: announced in the Queen’s Speech that protection for EU workers’ rights will be included in an Employment Bill |
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The Queen's Speech 2014 - Research Paper
Wednesday 10th September 2014 National Assembly for Wales Research paper The Queen's Speech 2014 June 2014 Research Service The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes laws for Wales and holds... Found: Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill................................... 2 2.2. |
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2. Welsh Government draft budget 2025-26
None speech (None words) Thursday 16th January 2025 - None |
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2. Disability and employment: evidence session 11
None speech (None words) Monday 11th November 2024 - None |
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3. Topical Questions
None speech (None words) Wednesday 6th December 2023 - None |
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6. Plaid Cymru Debate: Industrial relations
None speech (None words) Wednesday 1st March 2023 - None |
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1. Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
None speech (None words) Wednesday 6th July 2022 - None |
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1. Questions to the First Minister
None speech (None words) Tuesday 10th May 2022 - None |
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8. Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Fair Work: Annual progress update
None speech (None words) Tuesday 29th March 2022 - None |
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2. Questions to the First Minister
None speech (None words) Tuesday 29th March 2022 - None |
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1. Questions to the Minister for Economy
None speech (None words) Wednesday 9th June 2021 - None |
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1. Questions to the First Minister
None speech (None words) Tuesday 8th June 2021 - None |