Employers: Fire and Rehire Tactics Debate
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(1 year, 1 month ago)
Lords ChamberI welcome the noble Lord back to Questions. I think that is a very good proposal; we can put it forward to the relevant department.
My Lords, this Session has been plagued by thick Bills. To effect the change that my noble friend calls for would take only a very simple Bill. Can we expect it to be announced in the King’s Speech in November?
As we have said clearly, we are consulting and there will be a code of practice. This practice is used very rarely. Even the TUC in 2020 indicated that only 3% of employers had used fire and rehire and only 9% of employees had experienced it even as a threat. Therefore, the code is the right way forward in this case.