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Proceeding contribution from Nick Palmer (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 November 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on Employment Bill [Lords].


Employment Bill [Lords]

I have a lot of sympathy for my hon. Friend's new clauses, and I am inclined to vote for the one on which he will call a Division, but, on the point that he just made, I am concerned that we would be asking the employer to prove a negative—that the interest in striking was not for the reason for the proposed dismissal. I wonder whether it would not set an impossibly high hurdle, whereby someone who was threatened with dismissal could threaten to strike to invoke the new clause.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
482 c155 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Complaints Contracts Ballots Climate change Employment Industrial relations Industrial disputes Information Employment agencies Leave Protection Membership Minimum wage Political parties Redundancy Tribunals Trade unions Strikes Unfair dismissal British National Party Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Legislation
Employment Bill (HL) 2007-08
Link
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