Recommendation 2

While the Committee welcomes the added security for workers that the Bill brings with measures to provide reasonable notice of shifts and compensation for cancelled, moved or curtailed shifts. But the lack of key details on the face of the Bill means that Parliament is at risk of signing a regulatory blank cheque for the Secretary of State without knowing the full impact it will have on workers and businesses. The Government must put in primary legislation through the Employment Rights Bill a definition of: a. what is meant by ‘reasonable notice’ of shifts in clause two of the Bill; and b. definitions of what is meant by ‘moved,’ ‘short notice’ and what groups of workers would qualify in clause three of the Bill. (Recommendation, Paragraph 17)