Recommendation 6

The Bill should narrowly and more carefully define the categories of service which it covers so that services where existing protections are sufficient are excluded from its effects. Amending the Bill in this way would require detailed evidence and careful analysis of the need for minimum service levels across the various service sectors. In 34 Legislative Scrutiny: Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill 2022–2023 the absence of such evidence and analysis, we have instead included draft amendments that would achieve a similar aim in the Annex to this report (Amendments 1 & 2).