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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing (a) a right for workers to receive to reasonable notice of future working hours and (b) compensation for workers whose shifts cancelled without reasonable notice.

In 2019 the Government held a consultation inviting views on policies which aim to tackle some of the challenges associated with non-guaranteed hours. These included proposals on providing reasonable notice of shifts and providing compensation for shifts cancelled at short notice.

The Department is currently analysing the results of this consultation and will respond in due course.