Member

Amendment (a) to new clause 10 would allow an employer to prevent their employees from participating in the provision of assisted dying. It is not clear how that is intended to work alongside other obligations on professionals to perform certain duties laid out elsewhere in the Bill. As a result, employees may end up with conflicting obligations. It is also not clear how the amendment will work with the protection for employees from detriment and unfair dismissal by their employers should they choose to participate in the provision of assisted dying. If employers can prevent their entire workforce from participating in the provision of assisted dying, the service might not be available or could be much more difficult to access.