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Employment Rights: The Case Of Mr Potts

EDM number 1997 in 1992-93, proposed by Janet Anderson on 11/05/1993.

That this House expresses serious concern about the growing practice of many employers who make workers redundant within days of their completing their two years' service; considers that this can only lead to speculation that such employers are seeking to negate the employment rights of these workers, who would have been entitled to claim unfair dismissal had they served a full two years; notes the case of Mr Jason Potts of Stacksteads, Bacup, Rossendale, Lancashire, who was made redundant by Courtesy Shoes Ltd of Park Road Industrial Estate, Bacup, on 23rd April, on the grounds that his college course 'does not fall harmoniously within the new weekly warehouse procedures' and that Mr Potts 'would naturally be looking to progress in other areas outside Courtesy Shoes Ltd', despite his exemplary employment record; further notes that the company had previously been happy with Mr Potts' arrangements to pursue a BTec course in business and finance at his own expense, funded from his remuneration from Courtesy Shoes, and that the company was unwilling to consider his offer to transfer his studies to an evening course; believes the fact that Mr Potts would have completed two years' service with the company on 20th May was a significant reason for his dismissal; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Employment to reinforce employment rights for workers like Mr Potts to ensure that they do not in future fall victim to the unsatisfactory employment practices of unscrupulous employers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Janet Anderson11/05/1993Rossendale & DarwenProposed
David Hanson11/05/1993DelynSigned
Colin Pickthall11/05/1993West LancashireSigned
Greg Pope11/05/1993HyndburnSigned
Tony Lloyd11/05/1993StretfordSigned
Frank Cook11/05/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Jim Dowd11/05/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Neil Gerrard11/05/1993WalthamstowSigned
Mike Hall11/05/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Edward O'Hara12/05/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
Harry Barnes12/05/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Keith Bradley12/05/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Richard Burden12/05/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Eric Clarke12/05/1993MidlothianSigned
Ian Davidson12/05/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie12/05/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Evans12/05/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Tommy Graham12/05/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
John Gunnell12/05/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Gerry Steinberg12/05/1993Durham, City ofSigned
Mike Watson12/05/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Alan Meale12/05/1993MansfieldSigned
Bill Michie12/05/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Peter Pike12/05/1993BurnleySigned
Terry Rooney12/05/1993Bradford NorthSigned
Ernie Ross12/05/1993Dundee WestSigned
Dennis Skinner12/05/1993BolsoverSigned
John Heppell12/05/1993Nottingham EastSigned
Lynne Jones12/05/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Terry Lewis12/05/1993WorsleySigned
Ken Livingstone12/05/1993Brent EastSigned
John McAllion12/05/1993Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey12/05/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Eric Illsley13/05/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
Joan Lestor13/05/1993EcclesSigned
Bill Etherington13/05/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Jean Corston14/05/1993Bristol EastSigned
John Cummings14/05/1993EasingtonSigned
Win Griffiths14/05/1993BridgendSigned
Alex Carlile17/05/1993MontgomerySigned
Greville Janner17/05/1993Leicester WestSigned
Doug Hoyle17/05/1993Warrington NorthSigned
John Hutton17/05/1993Barrow & FurnessSigned
Peter Hardy17/05/1993WentworthSigned
Bridget Prentice17/05/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Roy Hughes17/05/1993Newport EastSigned
Eddie Loyden18/05/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Anne Campbell18/05/1993CambridgeSigned
Michael Connarty18/05/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Kenneth Eastham18/05/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
Paul Flynn18/05/1993Newport WestSigned
Jack Thompson18/05/1993WansbeckSigned
Martin Redmond19/05/1993Don ValleySigned
Michael Clapham19/05/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Jamie Cann19/05/1993IpswichSigned
Roland Boyes20/05/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Llin Golding20/05/1993Newcastle-under-LymeSigned
Dennis Turner20/05/1993Wolverhampton South EastSigned
Angela Eagle21/05/1993WallaseySigned
Allan Rogers25/05/1993RhonddaSigned
Martyn Jones10/06/1993Clwyd South WestSigned

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