Written Question
Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Asked by:
Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance is issued to Jobcentre Plus on recommending jobs on zero-hours contracts.
Answered by Esther McVey
Jobcentre Plus guidance stipulates that claimants should not be mandated to apply for a job offering a zero hours contract. It also states that no sanction action will be taken if claimants refuse or fail to apply. A person leaving a zero hours contract job will not be sanctioned if they leave that job voluntarily or lose it through their misconduct.
Written Question
Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Asked by:
Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion and number of job outcomes from the work programme were in zero-hours contracts roles in each month since the programme began.
Answered by Esther McVey
The information requested is not held by the Department.
Written Question
Wednesday 2nd April 2014
Asked by:
Chuka Umunna (Liberal Democrat - Streatham)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion and number of jobs currently advertised through Jobcentre Plus are on zero-hour contracts.
Answered by Esther McVey
We do not advertise in jobcentres, all vacancies are now advertised on Universal Jobmatch. JSA claimants are not required to apply for zero-hour contract jobs and are not penalised if they leave such a job
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity
"I beg to move,
That this House believes that insecurity at work has increased under this Government, compounding the cost of living crisis facing families; further believes that the Government’s policies have made life less secure for people at work by watering down their rights, including protections against unfair dismissal …..."Chuka Umunna - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity
"I shall come on to the point about the nature of the work and the jobs created. Of course it is a good thing for the hon. Lady’s constituents that there are more opportunities, but I shall return to that point...."Chuka Umunna - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity
"My hon. Friend is right. It is worth recalling that when my right hon. Friend the Leader of the Opposition first talked about the cost of living crisis and the squeezed middle, Members on the Government Benches and their supporters ridiculed the very notion, but the existence of that living …..."Chuka Umunna - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity
"I will come on to zero-hours contracts shortly, if there is some patience on the Government Benches.
This living standards crisis is not just one of rising costs and falling wages. It is one, too, of increasing insecurity at work. People in work today feel less secure and more pressurised …..."Chuka Umunna - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity
"My hon. Friend is right. Almost 1 million young people are still out of work and that is why we have said that we will introduce a compulsory job guarantee to ensure that young people who have been out of work for more than a year have a job...."Chuka Umunna - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity
"I think that I have had this discussion with the hon. Member for Mid Bedfordshire (Nadine Dorries) elsewhere. Some will say, as the hon. Gentleman suggests, in the context of falling unemployment, that the main thing is that people should have a job and that, unemployment having risen for much …..."Chuka Umunna - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 05 Feb 2014
Job Insecurity
"My hon. Friend is right to raise that issue. We all remember those who lost their lives a decade ago, and our thoughts are with their families. Of course, that was why we set up the Gangmasters Licensing Authority, and we believe that we should consider expanding its remit to …..."Chuka Umunna - View Speech
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