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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 July 2025
Debate
Employment Rights BillContribution
72: Clause 26, page 46, line 30, at end insert—
“(3B) In this section “restricted variation” means any of the following—(a) a reduction of, or removal of an entitlement to, any sum payable to an employee in connection with the employment (but see subsection (3C));(b) where the amount of any sum payable to an employee in connection with the employment is determined by reference to a measure of the amount of work done by the employee (including a measure referable to results achieved by the employee), a variation of that measure;(c) a variation of any term or condition relating to pensions or pension schemes;(d) a variation of the number of hours which an employee is required to work;(e) a variation of the timing or duration of a shift which meets such conditions as may be specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State;(f) a reduction in the amount of time off which an employee is entitled to take;(g) a variation of a description specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State;(h) the inclusion in a contract of employment of a term enabling the employer to make any variation within any of the preceding paragraphs without the employee’s agreement.(3C) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide that a reference in subsection (3B) to a sum payable to an employee in connection with the employment does not include a reference to—(a) a sum payable in respect of—(i) any expenses incurred by an employee;(ii) any expenses of a specified description incurred by an employee;(iii) any expenses incurred by an employee other than expenses of a specified description;(b) a payment or benefit in kind, a payment or benefit in kind of a specified description, or a payment or benefit in kind other than one of a specified description.In this subsection “specified” means specified in the regulations.”Member’s explanatory statement
See the explanatory statement for my amendment at page 46, line 25.
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