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My Lords, in a few weeks, I will join families and children celebrating 20 years of the work of the charity Little Hearts Matter. The team provides advice, information and emotional support where a child has been born with half a heart, but the fact that we have surviving young...
My Lords, in a few weeks, I will join families and children celebrating 20 years of the work of the charity Little Hearts Matter. The team provides advice, information and emotional support where a child has been born with half a heart, but the fact that we have surviving young...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on extending statutory adoption leave and pay to special guardians and kinship and friends carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on extending statutory adoption leave and pay to special guardians and kinship and friends carers.
Statutory adoption leave and pay is limited to adoptive parents who have gone through the formal adoption process. The Government believes it is essential to understand the issues faced by special guardians and family and friends carers, in order to ensure they receive the support that is appropriate to address their needs. Therefore we will undertake research into the labour market participation of these groups, and what barriers there are to entering or maintaining employment. Separately, special guardians and other family and friends carers can qualify for financial support from local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on statutory access to (a) paid annual leave and (b) compensatory rest periods for seafarers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on statutory access to (a) paid annual leave and (b) compensatory rest periods for seafarers.
The Department's policy on statutory access to paid annual leave and compensatory rest periods for seafarers is explained in Merchant Shipping Notice MSN 1767(M).
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward legislative proposals to bring seafarers' entitlement to paid annual leave in line with such entitlements for land-based workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward legislative proposals to bring seafarers' entitlement to paid annual leave in line with such entitlements for land-based workers.
The Department has already consulted on proposals to increase seafarers' statutory entitlement to annual leave to 2.5 days per month of employment in line with the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, and in addition to provide an entitlement to 8 days of paid leave in respect of public holidays, in line with workers ashore. The proposals also introduce a right for a seafarer to enforce their paid leave entitlement by complaint to an employment tribunal (in Northern Ireland, an industrial tribunal).
Those proposals have been extended to provide seafarers with the same protection and treatment when exercising their rights under the 2002 Regulations as shore-based workers, inland waterways workers and sea-fishermen exercising similar rights, both through a prohibition on contracting out of their rights under the Regulations, and through extending statutory protections under the
Employment Rights Act 1996 and the Employment Tribunals Act 1996 (and their Northern Ireland equivalents) to seafarers.
The amending Regulations are expected to be made early in 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and (b) representatives of the shipping industry on seafarers statutory entitlement to (i) paid annual leave and (ii) compensatory rest periods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency and (b) representatives of the shipping industry on seafarers statutory entitlement to (i) paid annual leave and (ii) compensatory rest periods.
The information requested is as follows:
(a) Ministers have been kept informed of policy proposals regarding seafarers' statutory entitlement to paid leave and compensatory rest periods.
(b) Ministers and officials regularly meet with representatives from shipowners' and seafarers' organisations to discuss a wide variety of policy issues. Ministers have been kept informed about the policy on paid annual leave entitlement and compensatory rest periods which was agreed with industry representatives more than 12 months ago, but these issues have not been on the agenda for meetings with Ministers in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what statutory entitlements land-based workers have to (a) paid annual leave and (b) compensatory rest periods; and when each piece of legislation granting such entitlements came into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what statutory entitlements land-based workers have to (a) paid annual leave and (b) compensatory rest periods; and when each piece of legislation granting such entitlements came into force.
The relevant statutory entitlements for land-based workers are as follows:
(a) (i) Land-based workers are entitled to four weeks' paid annual leave each leave year under the Working Time Regulations 1998, which came into force on 1 October 1998.
(ii) In addition, for any leave year beginning on or after 1 April 2009, land-based workers are entitled to an additional 1.6 weeks' paid annual leave under the Working Time (Amendment) Regulations 2007, which came into force on 1 October 2007. This additional
entitlement does not apply to land workers to whom the Agricultural Wages (Scotland) Act 1949 applies (as defined in the Act), as that Act had effect from 1 July 1999.
(iii) Total statutory entitlement for land-based workers is capped at 28 days.
(b) The Working Time Regulations 1998 came into force on 1 October 1998. This entitles land-based workers to compensatory rest where their employers take advantage of exceptions from the default statutory rules about daily rest, weekly rest, rest breaks and (where applicable) night work; workers' entitlement is generally to an equivalent period of rest to what they have been deprived of, but in exceptional cases employers are able to make alternative arrangements to safeguard workers' health and safety.
My Lords, Amendment 267D, which would add a new clause after Clause 97, is about parental bereavement leave. The amendment seeks to give the Secretary of State a
power to make regulations entitling an employee to be absent from work on leave as a consequence of the death of their...
My Lords, Amendment 267D, which would add a new clause after Clause 97, is about parental bereavement leave. The amendment seeks to give the Secretary of State a
power to make regulations entitling an employee to be absent from work on leave as a consequence of the death of their...
Bereaved parents coming to terms with their loss have no right to paid employment leave, which forces many of them to go back to work far too soon after the death of a child. Will the Prime Minister commit to amending the Employment Rights Act 1996 so as to at last give British parents the legal right and the time to grieve?
Bereaved parents coming to terms with their loss have no right to paid employment leave, which forces many of them to go back to work far too soon after the death of a child. Will the Prime Minister commit to amending the Employment Rights Act 1996 so as to at last give British parents the legal right and the time to grieve?
The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue, and I am happy to look at that, having suffered that experience myself. As a Member of Parliament, it is possible to take a little bit of time to stand back and come to terms with what has happened, because colleagues and the people who help us are ready to step in and do what they can. He has raised an important point; let me look at it and get back to him.
The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue, and I am happy to look at that, having suffered that experience myself. As a Member of Parliament, it is possible to take a little bit of time to stand back and come to terms with what has happened, because colleagues and the people who help us are ready to step in and do what they can. He has raised an important point; let me look at it and get back to him.
The hon. Gentleman raises an important issue, and I am happy to look at that, having suffered that experience myself. As a Member of Parliament, it is possible to take a little bit of time to stand back and come to terms with what has happened, because colleagues and the people who help us are ready to step in and do what they can. He has raised an important point; let me look at it and get back to him.
Bereaved parents coming to terms with their loss have no right to paid employment leave, which forces many of them to go back to work far too soon after the death of a child. Will the Prime Minister commit to amending the Employment Rights Act 1996 so as to at last give British parents the legal right and the time to grieve?
If he will make an assessment of the effects of the provision of study leave for students in years 11,12 and 13 on exam performance.
If he will make an assessment of the effects of the provision of study leave for students in years 11,12 and 13 on exam performance.
On analysis of the absence data, we have found that when schools use study leave sparingly and ensure that students are doing the right thing, it can be beneficial for academic outcomes.
On analysis of the absence data, we have found that when schools use study leave sparingly and ensure that students are doing the right thing, it can be beneficial for academic outcomes.
On analysis of the absence data, we have found that when schools use study leave sparingly and ensure that students are doing the right thing, it can be beneficial for academic outcomes.
If he will make an assessment of the effects of the provision of study leave for students in years 11,12 and 13 on exam performance.
Study leave before key exams can help high-performing students reach their potential, but can be to the detriment of lower to middle-performing students. Some schools are therefore cancelling study leave for all students. Will the Government advise schools to tailor their study leave policy so that students who would benefit from study leave are able to do so?
Study leave before key exams can help high-performing students reach their potential, but can be to the detriment of lower to middle-performing students. Some schools are therefore cancelling study leave for all students. Will the Government advise schools to tailor their study leave policy so that students who would benefit from study leave are able to do so?
I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. He is absolutely right that some students benefit from greater independent study and that others need more support at school. The Department’s work indicates that teachers are making those decisions. They are offering supported study, learning opportunities and drop-in sessions at school for some students, while others have the benefit of study leave. We issued advice to schools in August to make that clear to them.
I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. He is absolutely right that some students benefit from greater independent study and that others need more support at school. The Department’s work indicates that teachers are making those decisions. They are offering supported study, learning opportunities and drop-in sessions at school for some students, while others have the benefit of study leave. We issued advice to schools in August to make that clear to them.
I completely agree with the hon. Gentleman. He is absolutely right that some students benefit from greater independent study and that others need more support at school. The Department’s work indicates that teachers are making those decisions. They are offering supported study, learning opportunities and drop-in sessions at school for some students, while others have the benefit of study leave. We issued advice to schools in August to make that clear to them.
Study leave before key exams can help high-performing students reach their potential, but can be to the detriment of lower to middle-performing students. Some schools are therefore cancelling study leave for all students. Will the Government advise schools to tailor their study leave policy so that students who would benefit from study leave are able to do so?
Study leave may well allow some pupils to develop independent study skills, but does my hon. Friend agree that ultimately it is for schools to decide the best policy for their pupils with regard to studying for exams?
Study leave may well allow some pupils to develop independent study skills, but does my hon. Friend agree that ultimately it is for schools to decide the best policy for their pupils with regard to studying for exams?
Yes, I completely agree with my hon. Friend that it is the responsibility of schools. It is also in a school’s interest to make sure that students are given the best possible study opportunities. We think that schools should use study leave sparingly and make sure that there are opportunities to study at school when students do not have a home environment conducive to study.
Yes, I completely agree with my hon. Friend that it is the responsibility of schools. It is also in a school’s interest to make sure that students are given the best possible study opportunities. We think that schools should use study leave sparingly and make sure that there are opportunities to study at school when students do not have a home environment conducive to study.
Yes, I completely agree with my hon. Friend that it is the responsibility of schools. It is also in a school’s interest to make sure that students are given the best possible study opportunities. We think that schools should use study leave sparingly and make sure that there are opportunities to study at school when students do not have a home environment conducive to study.
Study leave may well allow some pupils to develop independent study skills, but does my hon. Friend agree that ultimately it is for schools to decide the best policy for their pupils with regard to studying for exams?
When the Secretary of State said recently that every child should have a room of their own in which to study, was he deliberately undermining the Government’s bedroom tax policy or was he using his platform as Education Secretary to push back the frontiers of ignorance a bit further by giving us a practical demonstration of the concept of irony?
When the Secretary of State said recently that every child should have a room of their own in which to study, was he deliberately undermining the Government’s bedroom tax policy or was he using his platform as Education Secretary to push back the frontiers of ignorance a bit further by giving us a practical demonstration of the concept of irony?
My Secretary of State was making an absolutely clear case for a better planning system in order to ensure that we have the homes we need across the country. As I have said, there should be opportunities available, both at school and in the home, for children to study.
My Secretary of State was making an absolutely clear case for a better planning system in order to ensure that we have the homes we need across the country. As I have said, there should be opportunities available, both at school and in the home, for children to study.
My Secretary of State was making an absolutely clear case for a better planning system in order to ensure that we have the homes we need across the country. As I have said, there should be opportunities available, both at school and in the home, for children to study.
When the Secretary of State said recently that every child should have a room of their own in which to study, was he deliberately undermining the Government’s bedroom tax policy or was he using his platform as Education Secretary to push back the frontiers of ignorance a bit further by giving us a practical demonstration of the concept of irony?
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what benefits the NHS offers under disability leave; and which NHS trusts offer disability leave.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what benefits the NHS offers under disability leave; and which NHS trusts offer disability leave.
The Department does not collect this information as national health service organisations are independent employers.
Public sector employers are under a particular duty under the Public Sector Equality Duty to eliminate discrimination and promote equality. The Equality Act 2010 Employment Statutory Code of Practice identifies disability leave as an example of a reasonable adjustment that an employer should consider.
As a matter of good practice, NHS organisations should have a policy such as a special leave policy that incorporates disability leave.