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BEIS consult on measures to increase transparency in the UK labour market 9 February 2018
The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) have published a consultation that takes forward recommendations made in Good work: the Taylor review of modern working practices published in July 2017.
The consultation on measures to increase transparency in the UK labour market will run until the 23 May 2018.
Review recommended: A payslip for all workers
‘The government should build on and improve clarity, certainty and understanding of all working people by extending the right to a written statement to ‘dependent contractors’ as well as employees.’
This has been accepted by government and how best to implement this change will be explored through this consultation. This consultation is an opportunity for the government to test its proposals on how to take this recommendation forward and gather evidence to inform its decisions.
Review recommended: Continuous service extension and clarity
‘The government should extend, from one week to one month, the consideration of the relevant break in service for the calculation of the qualifying period for continuous service and clarify the situations where cessations of work could be justified.’ Government recognise the rationale behind this recommendation in a labour market where more people work atypically, and agree that the break in service period for continuous service should be extended beyond one week. Further evidence and a range of views from stakeholders is sought through this consultation before deciding on the extent to which we extend the break in service period.
Review recommended: Holiday Pay
‘The government should do more to promote awareness of holiday pay entitlements, increasing the pay reference period to 52 weeks to take account of seasonal variations and give dependent contractors the opportunity to receive rolled-up holiday pay.’
There are three elements to this recommendation, each looked at individually:
1. Increasing awareness of holiday pay entitlements 2. Changing the reference period – by extending from 12 to 52 weeks so to better reflect the seasonal nature of casual and zero hours work 3. Ensuring atypical workers receive their holiday pay entitlement – rolled up holiday pay has been found to be unlawful by the courts – what other alternative action could be taken
Review recommended: Right to request
‘The government should introduce a right to request a direct contract of employment for agency workers who have been placed with the same hirer for 12 months, and an obligation on the hirer to consider the request in a reasonable manner.’
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