Motion text
That this House notes with alarm the growing number of employers, especially in the retail, hospitality and aviation sectors, who are making employees redundant before re-employing them on less-favourable terms and conditions; believes that these employers are cynically using the covid-19 crisis as cover to reduce staff costs at a time when they should instead be focused on supporting their employees through this pandemic; agrees with Unite the union and others that this fire-and-rehire practice makes a mockery of workers’ rights and goes against the spirit, if not the letter, of UK employment legislation; and calls on the Government to close this legal loophole as a matter of urgency, for example by amending the Employment Rights Act 1996 to specify that such redundancies should automatically be regarded as unfair dismissals.
Signatures (48)
The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on
8 September 2020
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on
8 September 2020
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
8 September 2020
Tarry, Sam
Labour
Signed on
8 September 2020
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on
8 September 2020
Oswald, Kirsten
Scottish National Party
Signed on
8 September 2020
In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.
Webbe, Claudia
Labour
Signed on
9 September 2020
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
9 September 2020
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 September 2020
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on
9 September 2020
MacAskill, Kenny
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 September 2020
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on
9 September 2020
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on
9 September 2020
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on
9 September 2020
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on
9 September 2020
Girvan, Paul
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
9 September 2020
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on
9 September 2020
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on
9 September 2020
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on
9 September 2020
Hill, Mike
Labour
Signed on
9 September 2020
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on
9 September 2020
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on
10 September 2020
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on
10 September 2020
McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on
11 September 2020
Lucas, Caroline
Green Party
Signed on
11 September 2020
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on
14 September 2020
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on
14 September 2020
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
14 September 2020
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on
14 September 2020
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on
14 September 2020
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on
14 September 2020
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on
14 September 2020
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on
15 September 2020
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
15 September 2020
Smith, Alyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on
15 September 2020
Callaghan, Amy
Scottish National Party
Signed on
17 September 2020
Cowan, Ronnie
Scottish National Party
Signed on
18 September 2020
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
21 September 2020
Robinson, Gavin
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on
22 September 2020
Brock, Deidre
Scottish National Party
Signed on
22 September 2020
Hanvey, Neale
Scottish National Party
Signed on
23 September 2020
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on
24 September 2020
Gwynne, Andrew
Labour
Signed on
6 October 2020
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on
2 December 2020
Hopkins, Rachel
Labour
Signed on
6 January 2021
Grant, Peter
Scottish National Party
Signed on
11 January 2021
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on
11 January 2021
Bonnar, Steven
Scottish National Party
Signed on
12 January 2021
There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.