Employers: Fire and Rehire Tactics Debate

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Department: Department for Business and Trade

Employers: Fire and Rehire Tactics

Lord Whitty Excerpts
Thursday 14th September 2023

(1 year, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Offord of Garvel Portrait Lord Offord of Garvel (Con)
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I welcome the noble Lord back to Questions. I think that is a very good proposal; we can put it forward to the relevant department.

Lord Whitty Portrait Lord Whitty (Lab)
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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?

Lord Offord of Garvel Portrait Lord Offord of Garvel (Con)
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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.