{"longTitle":"A Bill to make provision about the procedure for the resolution of employment disputes; to provide for compensation for financial loss in cases of unlawful underpayment or non-payment; to make provision about the enforcement of minimum wages legislation and the application of the national minimum wage to Cadet Force Adult Volunteers; to make provision about the enforcement of offences under the Employment Agencies Act 1973; to make provision about the right of trade unions to expel or exclude members on the grounds of membership of a political party; and for connected purposes.","summary":"The Bill contains proposals to reform existing law covering industrial relations and employment protection. <br><strong><br>Key areas</strong><br><br><ul><li>Repeals the Employment Act 2002 (Dispute Resolution) Regulations 2004 which were intended to reduce employment litigation, but had unintended consequences in practice</li><li>The statutory dispute resolution procedures will be replaced by a new non-regulatory system; a package of measures to encourage early/informal resolution of employment disputes possibly with increased support for the involvement of Acas</li><li>Clarifies and strengthens the enforcement framework for the National Minimum Wage</li><li>Clarifies and strengthens employment agency standards to address some of the concerns about vulnerable workers </li><li>Changes the relevant labour law to ensure compliance with the European Court of Human Rights judgement in Aslef v UK. This requires clearer rights for trade unions to determine their membership, after domestic courts held that trade unions could not lawfully expel British National Party activists.</li></ul>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":3775,"name":"Lord Jones of Birmingham","party":"Other","partyColour":"C0C0C0","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3775/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/3775/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":{"name":"Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform","url":"http://www.berr.gov.uk/"},"sortOrder":1},{"member":{"memberId":1587,"name":"Mr Pat McFadden","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/1587/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/1587/contact","memberFrom":"Wolverhampton South East"},"organisation":{"name":"Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform","url":"http://www.berr.gov.uk/"},"sortOrder":2}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":243,"shortTitle":"Employment Act 2008","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Lords","lastUpdate":"2009-02-25T12:06:29","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":1,"introducedSessionId":21,"includedSessionIds":[21],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":1899,"stageId":11,"sessionId":21,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":1839,"stageId":11,"billStageId":1899,"billId":243,"date":"2008-11-13T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":14}}