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Review Of Employment Status

EDM number 407 in 2016-17, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 06/09/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Companies, Employment and Industrial relations.

That this House notes with concern the growing casualisation of the labour market, and in particular the unwarranted blanket use of zero-hours contracts by highly profitable companies, such as Sports Direct, as well the bogus self-employment model adopted by companies, such as Deliveroo, Hermes and Uber, that undermine legal obligations in respect of holiday pay, sick pay and the National Minimum Wage; further notes that, in October 2014, the then Coalition Government launched a much-needed and long-overdue review of employment status, including a review of the definitions of employee, worker and self-employed; notes that the review was concluded by July 2015, since when Ministers have been considering its findings; believes that the Government needs to ensure that the legal framework around employment status protects vulnerable workers against exploitation and unreasonable treatment; regrets the inordinate delay in progressing and acting on the review of employment status; and calls on the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to publish the findings and recommendations of the review of employment status as a matter of urgency.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Caroline Lucas06/09/2016Brighton, PavilionGreenProposed
David Lammy06/09/2016TottenhamLabourSeconded
Jonathan Edwards06/09/2016Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Kate Green06/09/2016Stretford and UrmstonLabourSeconded
Tim Farron06/09/2016Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSeconded
Neil Gray06/09/2016Airdrie and ShottsScottish National PartySeconded
Mark Durkan06/09/2016FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Alan Meale07/09/2016MansfieldLabourSigned
Chris Stephens07/09/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Margaret Ritchie07/09/2016South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Hywel Williams07/09/2016ArfonPlaid CymruSigned
Jim Shannon07/09/2016StrangfordDUPSigned
Alex Salmond07/09/2016Signed
Ian Blackford07/09/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Martyn Day07/09/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Dennis Skinner07/09/2016BolsoverLabourSigned
Wes Streeting08/09/2016Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Natalie McGarry08/09/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Jim Cunningham08/09/2016Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Chris Law12/09/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Phil Boswell12/09/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Liz Saville Roberts13/09/2016Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Alison Thewliss13/09/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySigned
Alasdair McDonnell14/09/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Marion Fellows15/09/2016Motherwell and WishawScottish National PartySigned
Gavin Newlands15/09/2016Paisley and Renfrewshire NorthScottish National PartySigned
Mary Glindon15/09/2016North TynesideLabourSigned
Mark Williams15/09/2016CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Margaret Ferrier15/09/2016Rutherglen and Hamilton WestScottish National PartySigned
Chris Matheson10/10/2016City of ChesterLabourSigned
Hannah Bardell10/10/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson10/10/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Kelvin Hopkins10/10/2016Luton NorthLabourSigned
Drew Hendry10/10/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil10/10/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Tasmina Sheikh10/10/2016Ochil and South PerthshireScottish National PartySigned
Stuart Donaldson10/10/2016West Aberdeenshire and KincardineScottish National PartySigned
Joanna Cherry10/10/2016Edinburgh South WestScottish National PartySigned
Angela Crawley11/10/2016Lanark and Hamilton EastScottish National PartySigned
Corri Wilson12/10/2016Ayr, Carrick and CumnockScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson24/10/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
David Crausby25/10/2016Bolton North EastLabourSigned

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