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


Employment Bill [Lords]

The Minister will know that I welcomed the Bill in Committee, specifically because it placed more responsibility on ACAS to negotiate before tribunals were reached. Does he recognise that new proposed new section 238AA(2) opens up the opportunity for vexatious cases in the way that I described in Committee? Such an approach has helped to create a blackmail culture, which has made many small businesses give in to charges because it is cheaper to do so than to fight them. Will this proposal not simply open that up again?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
482 c175 
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
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk