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  Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Employee Shareholder Status
  
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  @ MP voted aye to permit employers not to extend certain otherwise statutory rights to employees with a new employee shareholder status. 
  @ MP voted no against permitting employers not to extend certain otherwise statutory rights to employees with a new employee shareholder status. 
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted to permit employers not to extend certain otherwise statutory rights to employees given at least Â£2,000 worth of shares and gaining employee shareholder status.  
  
  MPs were considering the Growth and Infrastructure Bill[1]. The motion passed in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 25
  
  Lords amendment 25[2][3] stated:
  
  :Leave out Clause 27
  
  Clause 27[4] introduced the employee shareholder scheme and a new employment status of employee shareholder. 
  
  The employee shareholder scheme is an employee status where an employee is given shares worth at least Â£2,000 on receipt and where the employer is able permitted not to extend unfair dismissal rights, rights to statutory redundancy pay and other employment rights to the employee. 
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2012-13/growthandinfrastructure.html Parliament's webpage on the Growth and Infrastructure Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0157/13157.1-4.html Lords Amendments to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill - April 2013]
  * [3] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2012-2013/0157/13157.5-8.html Page of Lords Amendments to the Growth and Infrastructure Bill - April 2013 containing amendment 25] 
  * [4] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/lbill/2012-2013/0072/lbill_2012-20130072_en_5.htm#pb3-l1g27 Clause 27 of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill - Employee owners]
  
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