Member

In Amendment 22, I believe the noble Lord, Lord Sharpe of Epsom, wishes to provide a power for the Government to make exceptions to the right to reasonable notice. The Government resist this amendment. The design of the reasonable notice policy already allows significant flexibility for the consideration of individual circumstances, and introducing exceptions would essentially enable employers to act unreasonably. We will set out in regulations a timeframe that is presumed reasonable. We will also set out the factors that should be considered in each case which would mean that “reasonable notice” should be shorter or longer than this period. We believe this model provides the right balance between clarity for workers and for employers, while allowing for the flexibility to consider individual circumstances.