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Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004

EDM number 1727 in 2003-04, proposed by Marsha Singh on 13/10/2004.

That this House notes that the Dispute Resolution Regulations which came into force on 1st October require all employees to use their employer's grievance procedures before applying to an employment tribunal; notes the concerns expressed by the General Secretary of the TUC that the new measures will severly disadvantage non-union employees who cannot afford legal representation; and further notes that the well established guidance and principles approved by the Court of Appeal and the House of Lords in discrimination cases includes guidance that 'few employers will be prepared to admit such discrimination even to themselves'; notes that the courts recognise that victims of unlawful discrimination suffer injury to their feelings and that such injury can be exacerbated by having to relive the experience at hearings; is concerned that employees will be deterred from complaining about unlawful discrimination by the prospect of having to attend an additional hearing held under the auspices of the alleged discriminator and at which they will not have the benefit of legal representation; and therefore calls upon the Government to exempt those complaining of unlawful discrimination from the requirement to use their employer's grievance procedures before applying to an employment tribunal.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Marsha Singh13/10/2004Bradford WestLabourProposed
Alice Mahon13/10/2004HalifaxLabourSigned
John Cryer13/10/2004HornchurchLabourSigned
Michael Clapham14/10/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/10/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean14/10/2004BurtonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore14/10/2004HendonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn14/10/2004Newport WestLabourSigned
Martin Caton15/10/2004GowerLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd18/10/2004Manchester CentralLabourSigned
David Drew18/10/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
John McWilliam19/10/2004BlaydonLabourSigned
Alan Meale19/10/2004MansfieldLabourSigned
John McDonnell19/10/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd19/10/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Kelvin Hopkins19/10/2004Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jim Sheridan19/10/2004West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Julie Morgan20/10/2004Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Syd Rapson20/10/2004Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis20/10/2004Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Bill Etherington21/10/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen25/10/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes25/10/2004North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Win Griffiths26/10/2004BridgendLabourSigned
Ann Cryer01/11/2004KeighleyLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton02/11/2004Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman03/11/2004Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Clare Short15/11/2004Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
David Lepper17/11/2004Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harold Best17/11/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned

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