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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, pursuant to her Answer of 11th March, Official Report, 418 c1676W, on advice booklets, which of the organisations invited to be part of the practitioner group (a) accepted the invitation to form part of the group and (b) supported the...

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Date

30 March 2004

Reference

419 c1355W;419 c1357W; 164228

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what the cost is of production of hard copy leaflets issued by ACAS that cover employment rights. - Inc ref to 15 March 2004, 419 c63-4W.

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

30 March 2004

Reference

419 c1355W;419 c1357W; 164157

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how many employment regulations were introduced by her Department in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

17 July 2003

For answer on

11 September 2003

Answered on

11 September 2003

Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment regulations were introduced by her Department in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement. [127802] Mr. Sutcliffe: In its first term (1997-2001), the Government introduced a foundation of minimum standards in the workplace. Every employee now has, for example, the right to a minimum wage, paid holidays, rest breaks, time off for family emergencies, and a cap on the working week. Trade unions have the right to recognition by the employer where a majority of the workforce want it. Part-time workers have the same rights as their full-time colleagues. In their second term, the Government are building on all these measures in its drive to raise productivity, including a range of changes to support families and to make work pay. The Government have improved existing maternity rights and introduced paid paternity and adoption leave for the first time. For example, the payment period of statutory maternity pay and maternity allowance has been extended to 26 weeks. It has also introduced a right for working parents with children under six, or disabled children under 18, to request flexible working. This new right builds on existing best practice and further enforces our aim to promote greater dialogue in the workplace to find flexible solutions that suit both employers and employees. Recently, both Houses have passed regulations to tackle discrimination in employment on the grounds of sexual orientation and religion or belief, which will take effect in December 2003.

Date

11 September 2003

Reference

127802; 410 c389W;410 c429W

House

House of Commons

Dept of Trade and Industry

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, what action she will take to ensure that small businesses are aware of their employees' rights; and if she will make a statement on recent related research by her Department. - Includes ref to 'Small Firms Awareness of Employment Rights'...

Asked by

Lord Cotter (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 October 2002

For answer on

29 October 2002

Answered on

29 October 2002

Brian Cotter: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action she will take to ensure that small businesses are aware of their employees' rights; and if she will make a statement on recent related research by her Department. [76830] Nigel Griffiths: In May 2002, the DTI published the report of its recent research into small businesses' awareness of employment rights, "Small Firms' Awareness of Employment Rights" in the Employment Relations Research Series (Report No. 14). This was placed in the Libraries of the House. The research was conducted by the Small Business Research Centre at Kingston University. Overall this research showed that confidence levels of small employers about their knowledge of individual rights were low even though awareness of those rights was generally high. The Department is acting to raise levels of awareness among small business. We have set up an Employment Information Advice and Guidance project in partnership with ACAS, and the Small Business Service. Starting with the changes introduced in the Employment Act 2002 the project will improve the ways that the information advice and guidance on employment rights is provided to employers and employees with a particular emphasis on the needs of small businesses. The work of the project benefits from the advice of a user group of representatives of employers and employees including representatives of the Small Business Council, the Federation of Small Business and the private business forum and representatives of the main advisory networks. Information on these changes and on existing rights is also available on the DTI website www.dti.gov.uk/er. Small firms and other employers can also register with businesslink.org to receive e-mail updates on changes to employment law.

Date

29 October 2002

Reference

76830; 391 c782-3W;391 c778-9W

House

House of Commons

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