Amendments proposed to the Employment Bill - continued House of Commons

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Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

5

Page     34,     line     26,     leave out Clause 28.


   

Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Charles Hendry

43

Clause     29,     page     35,     line     11,     leave out sub-paragraph (i).

   

Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Charles Hendry

44

Clause     29,     page     35,     line     14,     leave out sub-paragraph (ii).

   

Mr Philip Hammond
Mr Charles Hendry

45

Clause     29,     page     35,     line     18,     at end add 'and any other organisation representing persons appearing to the Secretary of State to be likely to be affected by the order.'.


   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

29

Schedule     2,     page     57,     line     8,     after 'writing', insert 'in the form of a statement.'.

   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

30

Schedule     2,     page     57,     line     12,     at end insert—

    '(3)   Where the employer contemplates dismissing or taking disciplinary action against the employee for a reason other than redundancy, then the employer must investigate fully before preparing the statement.'.

   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

31

Schedule     2,     page     59,     line     13,     at beginning insert 'Notice,'.

   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

47

Schedule     2,     page     59,     line     19,     at end add—

    '(4)   The right referred to in section 10 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 to be accompanied by a single companion applies to meetings under this section.'.


   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

46

Clause     33,     page     37,     line     30,     at end add—

    '(4)   Nothing in the regulations shall prevent a claim if there are exceptional circumstances which would make preventing a claim to an employment tribunal or preventing a employment tribunal from hearing a claim unjust or inequitable.'.


   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

27

Clause     34,     page     38,     line     5,     after 'procedure', insert 'and the dismissal would have been fair apart from this section.'.

   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

49

Clause     34,     page     38,     line     12,     leave out 'Chapter 1 of'.

   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

28

Clause     34,     page     38,     line     16,     at end insert—

      '(c) references to 'a procedure' or to 'the procedure' in subsection (2) refer to non-statutory procedures that the employer is obliged to follow.'.


   

Brian Cotter
Norman Lamb

48

Page     42,     line     27,     leave out Clause 39.


ORDER OF THE COMMITTEE (6TH DECEMBER 2001)

That—

    (1)   during proceedings on the Employment Bill the Standing Committee do meet on Tuesdays at half-past Ten o'clock and at half-past Four o'clock and on Thursdays at half-past Nine o'clock and at half-past Two o'clock, except that on Thursday 6th December 2001 the Committee shall not meet at half-past Two o'clock and on Tuesday 8th January 2002 the Committee shall not meet at half-past Ten o'clock;

    (2)   the proceedings shall be taken in the following order, namely Clauses 22 to 29, Schedule 2, Clauses 30 and 31, Schedule 3, Clauses 32 to 38, Schedule 4, Clauses 39 to 41, Clauses 1 to 12, Schedule 1, Clauses 13 to 21, Clauses 42 to 48, Schedule 5, Clauses 49 to 51, Schedule 6, Clause 52, Schedule 7, Clause 53, new Clauses and new Schedules relating to requests for flexible working, remaining new Clauses, remaining new Schedules;

    (3)   the proceedings on Clauses 22 to 29, Schedule 2, Clauses 30 and 31, Schedule 3, Clauses 32 to 38, Schedule 4, Clauses 39 to 41 (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday 18th December 2001;

    (4)   the proceedings on Clauses 1 to 12, Schedule 1, Clauses 13 to 21 (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday 15th January 2002;

    (5)   the remaining proceedings on the Bill (so far as not previously concluded) shall be brought to a conclusion at 7 p.m. on Tuesday 22nd January 2002.


EXCERPT FROM ORDER OF THE HOUSE (27TH NOVEMBER 2001)

Proceedings in Standing Committee

    3.   Proceedings in the Standing Committee shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion on 22nd January 2002.

    4.   The Standing Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on which it meets.


 
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