Supreme Court ruling on Tesco and fire and rehire practices

Early day motion 171, tabled 12 September 2024 by Tracy Gilbert (Labour). Signed by 14 members.

That this House welcomes the Supreme Court judgment yesterday in the case of Tesco Stores Ltd v Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers and others; notes that the outcome protects workers’ rights to retained pay and essential rules that fire and rehire cannot be used to undermine pay and conditions; congratulates USDAW for supporting their members through what has been a protracted legal process and is encouraged that the highest court in this land agrees that fire and rehire is not a lawful practise; and further welcomes the Government's New Deal for Workers which will ban this awful practise as well as increase workers pay, ban the use of exploitative zero-hour contracts and give workers employment protection from day one.

Signatures by party: Labour 9, Independent 2, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.