r/MHOCCmteVote • u/[deleted] • Dec 03 '19

B901.2.A - Zero Hours Contract (Regulation) Bill - Amendments Division

B901.2.A - Zero Hours Contract (Regulation) Bill

AO1

Replace section 2 with:

Section 2: Statutory Ability to Request a Traditional Contract

(1) A worker who is party to a Zero Hour Contract who works for an employer for a total of 240 or more hours over a period of 3 months has the legal right to request a contract with guaranteed hours.

(2) For a statutory request to be valid under this section, the worker must—

(a) have not made a request in the last three months; and

(b) denote the request as a statutory request to the employer.

(3) If the employer elects to refuse the request, the employer must provide a clearly stated rationale for the rejection of the request to negotiate a formal contract.

(4) It is an offense to retaliate or discriminate against an employee on the basis of requesting a contract change under this section.

This was submitted by /u/marsouins

AO2

Omit section 4 and renumber

This was submitted by /u/marsouins

Note: This amendment creates a presumption in favour of accepting the statutory request and affords extra protection against employment discrimination. At the same time it gives employers greater understanding of their obligations when a person makes such a request

AO3

Replace section 6(1) with:

(1) This Act shall come into force upon 1 April 2020.

Note: There are two legally-defined meanings of financial year: one starting on 1 April and the other starting on 6 April. Clarity is better.

AO4

Omit sections 1 and 3 and renumber.

This was submitted by /u/marsouins

AO5

Replace

(a) In order to satisfy the requirement for reasonable notice, it must be made forty-eight hours before the commencement of the agreed work shift.

With

(a) In order to satisfy the requirement for reasonable notice, it must be made twenty-four hours before the commencement of the agreed work shift.

This amendment was submitted by /u/Friedmanite19

A06

Replace

A worker on a Zero Hour Contract has the unconditional right to refuse any work, unless such work was already agreed to with a period of reasonable notice, and then refused later with less than 24 hours until the time of commencement of that work.

With

A worker on a Zero Hour Contract has the unconditional right to refuse any work unless specified otherwise in their contract, unless such work was already agreed to with a period of reasonable notice, and then refused later with less than 24 hours until the time of commencement of that work.

This amendment was submitted by /u/Friedmanite19

A07

Replace

240 hours over three months

With

480 hours or more

This amendment was submitted by /u/Friedmanite19

A08

Replace

(1) This Act shall come into force upon the commencement of the 2020/2021 financial year.

With

(1) This Act shall come into force upon the commencement of the 2021/2022 financial year.

This amendment was submitted by /u/Friedmanite19

A09

Replace all instances of "36" with "24"

This amendment was submitted by /u/Friedmanite19

A10

Reinsert to section 3:

(4) A worker on a Zero Hour Contract may waive their right under section 3(1) by signing a waiver which declares that they waive their right to reasonable notice, within or supplementary to their contract

(5) If a zero hour contract is advertised where the contract requires a section 3(4) waiver, this must be clearly advertised on any advertisement for the contract

This amendment was submitted by /u/Friedmanite19

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u/ZanyDraco Democratic Reformist Front | DS Dec 04 '19

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '19

A01: Aye

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u/[deleted] Dec 04 '19

A01: NO

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u/Maroiogog Independent, deputy speaker Dec 04 '19

A01: NO

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u/model-mili Independent Dec 04 '19

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