Devolution of Employment Law - Amendment
- Submitted by: Daniel Johnson, Edinburgh Southern, Scottish Labour.
- Date lodged: Thursday, 21 September 2023
- Motion reference: S6M-10491.1
As an amendment to motion S6M-10491 in the name of Keith Brown (Devolution of Employment Law), leave out from "the devolution" to end and insert "the repeal of all anti-trade union laws and for new legislation to deliver stronger employment rights for workers; notes what it sees as the Scottish National Party administration's use of exploitative zero hours contracts, and acknowledges that the Labour Party has committed to banning all zero hours contracts, outlawing fire and rehire practices, giving rights to workers such as parental leave and sick pay from day one, and delivering a genuine living wage; agrees with the General Secretary of the TUC that the Labour Party’s A New Deal for Working People amounts to the biggest expansion of workers’ rights in decades, and considers that this would improve workers’ rights across the whole of the UK, preventing good practice in some areas from being undercut; notes the belief that delivering this package should be the priority of any UK government, and welcomes the commitment from the Labour Party to introduce legislation on A New Deal for Working People within its first 100 days in office before looking at how those rights can be strengthened by devolution."
Related motion
Devolution of Employment Law
Submitted by: Keith Brown, Clackmannanshire and Dunblane, Scottish National Party, Date lodged: Monday, September 18, 2023
Supported by: Karen Adam, Alasdair Allan, Colin Beattie, Ariane Burgess, Stephanie Callaghan, Maggie Chapman, Bob Doris, Jackie Dunbar, Kenneth Gibson, Ross Greer, Emma Harper, Clare Haughey, Bill Kidd, Gillian Mackay, Rona Mackay, Ben Macpherson, John Mason, Ivan McKee, Stuart McMillan, Marie McNair, Audrey Nicoll, Kaukab Stewart, Kevin Stewart, David Torrance, Evelyn Tweed
Current status: Taken in the chamber on Tuesday, September 26, 2023