§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he has taken to advise unemployment benefit offices of the decision R(U)5/88: requalification for UB—hours of work of school teachers; and what steps he proposes to take to identify other part-time workers whose contract of employment requires hours of service or availability that are not directly remunerated.
§ Mr. LeeAll unemployment benefit offices were given written notice of the implications of R(U)5/88 (previously CU/009/1986) in March 1988. These instructions were subsequently updated in October 1988 and continue to apply.
The decision specifically applied to part-time teachers and their contractual arrangements. It has no implications for other groups of part-time workers. There are no plans at present to change the rules applying to other groups.