Asked by: Deirdre Costigan (Labour - Ealing Southall)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the right to Disability Leave for disabled workers.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
The Department for Business has not made an assessment of the merits of creating a new employment right for Disability Leave.
The Government has set out its immediate priorities for reforming employment law in the Plan to Make Work Pay. The Plan includes a number of measures which will help disabled workers to enter, remain and progress in work - including making flexible working the default and introducing a right to switch off.
Asked by: Deirdre Costigan (Labour - Ealing Southall)
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of banning zero hours contracts.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade)
As outlined in the Plan to Make Work Pay, we will end exploitative zero hours contracts by giving workers the right to a contract that reflects the number of hours they regularly work. We will also introduce a new right to reasonable notice of shift patterns and a right to reasonable notice of changes to shifts, with compensation for shifts cancelled or curtailed at short notice.
These measures will end one-sided flexibility, ensuring all jobs provide workers with a baseline level of security and predictability.