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Speech in General Committees - Wed 14 Mar 2018
Draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018

"It is fantastic to be here this morning discussing a long-overdue extension of entitlement for thousands of people. The most basic demand is that someone providing their labour for another should be able to see what they have been paid and what has been deducted from that pay.

It is …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 14 Mar 2018
Draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018

"In the Minister’s opening contribution, there was talk of the hours paid. That is where my confusion came from. To be clear, the itemised pay statement will not have to include the hours worked and the rate at which those hours are paid. Will the Minister acknowledge that that is …..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 14 Mar 2018
Draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018

"Will the Minister give way?..."
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 14 Mar 2018
Draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018

"I am grateful to the Minister. Under the Employment Rights Act, the suggestion is that an itemised pay statement asks for the gross amount of wages or salaries, the amount of deductions, the net amount of wages and the amount and method of payment. Nowhere does it talk about the …..."
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Written Question
Trade Unions
Wednesday 7th March 2018

Asked by: Laura Pidcock (Labour - North West Durham)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if the Government will take steps to encourage increased trades union membership.

Answered by Andrew Griffiths

Trade union membership is a matter for trade unions themselves.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Hospitality Sector: Tipping

"I declare an interest as a member of Unite the union.

The practices at Bristol-based Aqua Italia, which have been so methodically exposed by my hon. Friend the Member for Bristol North West (Darren Jones)—I thank him very much for raising this important issue with the Government—and, of course, the …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Hospitality Sector: Tipping

"That is absolutely right. My hon. Friend gives a terrible but, I am sure, quite common example of what is happening in the hospitality sector. I implore everyone in that sector—and in all sectors, of course—to join a trade union, because only through a trade union can they have greater …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Hospitality Sector: Tipping

"My hon. Friend is absolutely right. For many people this is not a stop-gap, but a career—they will work for many years in a restaurant, bar or pub.

Workers are charged fees, denied service charge payments, robbed of customers’ tips and denied tips by these bogus tronc schemes. A properly …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Hospitality Sector: Tipping

"Was that a sneaky preview of policy that will be coming from the Government? Are they going to ban zero-hours contracts?..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Wed 07 Mar 2018
Hospitality Sector: Tipping

"I do not want to disrupt the Minister’s progress, but the trade unions have been saying this for a long, long time. It should not take a Westminster Hall debate to legitimise the argument or add to evidence. They have all the evidence the Government need...."
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