Implore Government To Fast Track The Employment (Dismissal & Re-Employment) Bill

Rejected 12 signatures

What the petition asks

This is a Private Members Bill 132 2019/21 introduced by Gavin Newlands MP to prohibit employers using the disgraceful & immoral practice of dismissing employees and subsequently re-employing them for the purpose of diminishing the terms and conditions of employment.

The Government should push this Bill through with all possible haste. This disgraceful practice circumvents all other legal employment protections and allows companies to blackmail (which in itself is illegal) employees out of their legally contracted rights. This was never the intention of the original legislation and is effectively a sordid loophole that should be closed immediately! Both British Gas & British Airways are using this practice currently to hold their employees to ransom!!!!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Require companies to match employment conditions for reemployed workers.

Timeline

3 Aug 2020	Petition opened for signatures
11 Aug 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 12

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Aug 2020

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