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House of Commons

Notices of Amendments

given on

Monday 6th October 2008

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s):

Employment Bill [Lords] Committee 1, 3, 5-6, 7 and 9

Public Bill Committee

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Employment Bill [Lords]

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

3

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  15,  leave out ‘25%’ and insert ‘50%’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

4

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  25,  leave out ‘25%’ and insert ‘50%’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

5

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  2,  after ‘with’, insert ‘the’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

6

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  9,  leave out ‘a relevant’ and insert ‘the’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

7

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  19,  leave out ‘a relevant’ and insert ‘the’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

8

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  10,  leave out ‘that’ and insert ‘the’.

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Employment Bill [Lords] continued

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

9

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  20,  leave out ‘that’ and insert ‘the’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

10

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  26,  leave out from ‘(3),’ to end of line 28 and insert—

‘“the Code of Practice” means any Code of Practice issued by ACAS under

section 199(2)(ca)’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

11

Clause  3,  page  1,  line  11,  at end insert—

‘(1A)

In section 199 (Issue of Codes of Practice by ACAS) at the end of subsection (2)

there is inserted—

(ca)	discipline and grievance procedure, and’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

12

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  14,  at end insert—

‘(za)

the proceedings relate to a money dispute, and’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

13

Clause  4,  page  4,  line  13,  leave out ‘only’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

14

Clause  3,  page  1,  line  11,  after ‘subsections’, insert ‘(1A),’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

15

Clause  10,  page  13,  line  30,  after ‘them’, insert ‘if copying facilities are not

available at that place’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

16

Clause  12,  page  14,  line  9,  leave out subsection (1).

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

17

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  41,  at end add—

‘(4)	In section 177 (interpretation and other supplementary provisions) after

subsection (2) there is inserted—

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Employment Bill [Lords] continued

“(2A)

For the purposes of section 174 an individual will only be considered to

be a member of a political party if within the 12 months prior to the date

of an individual’s application for membership of the trade union that

individual was registered with the political party as a member.’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

18

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  41,  at end add—

‘(4)	In section 177 (interpretation and other supplementary provisions) after

subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(2A)

For the purposes of section 174 a group will be considered to be a

political party only where it has been registered with the Electoral

Commission under the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act

2000 (c. 41) or any foreign equivalent, and at the time of the individual’s

application for membership of the trade union the party remains on such

a register.’.

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

19

Clause  18,  page  17,  line  27,  leave out ‘other exceptional hardship’ and insert ‘any

material financial disadvantage’.

Employment tribunals: costs

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

NC5

To move the following Clause:—

‘In the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17) in section 13 (costs and

expenses), after subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(3)	The losing party in any proceedings before an employment tribunal shall

bear the costs of the winning party.

(4)	Up to 25 per cent. of any claim can be awarded to the defendant as a

penalty on the claimant in the event that the claimant’s action is deemed

vexatious.”.’.

Employment tribunals: commencement

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

NC6

To move the following Clause:—

‘In the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (c. 17) in section 6 (conduct of hearings),

after subsection (2) there is inserted—

“(3)	A person may only appear before an employment tribunal where their

claim to the employment tribunal has been made within 3 months of the

alleged incident which gave rise to the claim.’.

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National minimum wage: gratuities

Mr Jonathan Djanogly

Mr John Baron

NC7

To move the following Clause:—

‘In the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (c. 39), in section (2) (determination

of hourly rate of remuneration), after subsection (5) there is inserted—

“(5A)

The regulations shall make provisions with respect to employees in

service industries, to provide that gratuities paid to them in the course of

their employment shall not be included in the calculation of the national

minimum wage to be paid to them.”.’.

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Revised 7 October 2008