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Kim Johnson

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Armed Forces: Covid-19 Deployment
Tuesday 10th November 2020

(4 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Anna McMorrin Portrait Anna McMorrin (Cardiff North) (Lab)
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What steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of dismiss and re-engage tactics by employers.

Kim Johnson Portrait Kim Johnson (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab)
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What steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of dismiss and re-engage tactics by employers.

Virendra Sharma Portrait Mr Virendra Sharma (Ealing, Southall) (Lab)
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What steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of dismiss and re-engage tactics by employers.

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Paul Scully Portrait Paul Scully
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I understand the enormous impact of losing a job, or even of a job being threatened. We expect all employers to treat employees fairly and respectfully, but businesses in real financial difficulty do need the flexibility to offer new terms and conditions to save as many jobs as they can.

Kim Johnson Portrait Kim Johnson
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Increasingly, rogue bosses such as British Airways, Centrica and ESS are using the covid crisis to cut pay and terms and conditions and are exploiting the legal loophole to fire and rehire loyal staff. With many workers now facing an impossible choice between losing pay or losing their job, will the Minister explain how these scandalous tactics can possibly be legal in the first place, and will he legislate to outlaw them—yes or no?

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