Sharing Economy: Industrial Health and Safety
(asked on 30th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether section 44 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 applies to limb b workers.
This question was answered on 11th January 2021
Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (protection from detriment in health and safety cases) currently applies to employees.
Following the High Court Judgment of 13th November 2021, work is underway to amend section 44(1)(d) and (e) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 to extend the rights in these provisions to apply to all limb (b) workers as well as employees.