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Work-Life Balance

EDM number 65 in 2014-15, proposed by Jonathan Edwards on 10/06/2014.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Industrial health and safety, Industrial relations and Internet and cybercrime.

That this House calls on the Government to enter into discussion with employers' representatives and trades unions to agree a protocol on ensuring that employees do not have to answer work emails whilst off-duty or out of hours; welcomes the introduction of similar rules in France which ensure that parents can spend quality time with children without work interruptions; notes that such a protocol would not prohibit those who choose to access their work email accounts at home but merely offer protections for those who choose not to do so; further notes that a deal agreed between French employers' federations and unions ensures that approximately one million workers in the consultancy and digital sectors are not sent work emails outside the hours of 9am to 6pm; further notes that job insecurity drives people to work longer hours which in turn damages productivity; further notes that the development of children in particular can suffer if they do not have a full interaction with their parent who might be preoccupied dealing with work emails; and calls for a protocol restricting digital working time in order to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jonathan Edwards10/06/2014Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruProposed
Mark Durkan10/06/2014FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Elfyn Llwyd11/06/2014Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSeconded
Margaret Ritchie11/06/2014South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Jim Shannon11/06/2014StrangfordDUPSeconded
Michael Weir11/06/2014AngusScottish National PartySeconded
John McDonnell11/06/2014Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn11/06/2014Islington NorthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn12/06/2014Newport WestLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff12/06/2014Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Mary Glindon12/06/2014North TynesideLabourSigned
Lindsay Roy12/06/2014GlenrothesLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins12/06/2014Luton NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby12/06/2014Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Martin Caton12/06/2014GowerLabourSigned
Mark Williams16/06/2014CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock17/06/2014Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim McGovern17/06/2014Dundee WestLabourSigned
Hywel Francis17/06/2014AberavonLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne18/06/2014Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned

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