Source · Select Committees · Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee
Recommendation 5
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Remove the 'minimum number of hours' reference from the Employment Rights Bill.
Recommendation
Defining what counts as low-hours creates a loophole that can be exploited by companies to avoid their obligations set out in the Bill. We echo Usdaw’s recommendation that the reference to ‘a minimum number of hours, not exceeding a specified number of hours’ under section 27BA (3) should be removed from the Bill. (Recommendation, Paragraph 27)
Government Response
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