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Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets

Status: Closed Opened: 27 May 2022 Closed: 11 Sep 2023 23 recommendations 18 conclusions 1 report

The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Committee is launching an inquiry into the UK Labour Market. This next strand of the Committee’s overarching Post-Pandemic Economic Growth inquiry, launched in June 2020, will also build on the work of the Committee’s major inquiry into the impact of coronavirus on businesses and workers. The Committee wishes …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Tenth Report - Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour mar… HC 306 21 Apr 2023 41 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
26 Recommendation Tenth Report - Post-pandemic economic g… Not Addressed

Commit to a long-term financial plan for labour enforcement bodies meeting ILO minimum resourcing

We call on the Government to commit to a long-term financial plan with the new single enforcement body (or existing bodies if it declines the opportunity to create a single enforcement body) to ensure that it is resourced to at least the minimum level of what is deemed appropriate by …

Government response. The government is reviewing the creation of a Single Enforcement Body and highlights its continued investment in existing enforcement bodies, noting past funding increases and current staffing levels, but does not commit to a specific long-term financial plan as requested.
Department for Business and Trade

Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
21 Feb 2023 Kevin Hollinrake MP · Department for Business and Trade, Lucy Standing · Bravestarts, Mike Warren · Department for Business and Trade, Tim Balcon · Construction Industry Training Board, Tony Wilson · Institute for Employment Studies View ↗
10 Jan 2023 Joeli Brearley · Pregnant Then Screwed, Kate Dearden · Community Trade Union, Lizzie Penny · Workstyle Revolution, Philippa Childs · Prospect Union, Professor Keith Ewing · Institute of Employment Rights, Sarah Douglas · Liminal Space View ↗
29 Nov 2022 Hannah Reed · Unite Union, Jennifer Sole · Employment Lawyers Association (ELA), Margaret Beels · Department for Business and Trade, Ms Alexandra Hall-Chen · Institute of Directors View ↗
15 Nov 2022 Andrew Pakes · Prospect Union, Anna Thomas · Institute for the Future of Work, Brian Palmer · Amazon, Carly Kind · Ada Lovelace Institute, Charlotte Holloway · Zoom, Laurence Turner · GMB, Neil Ross · techUK, Tania Bowers · Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCO) View ↗
19 Jul 2022 David Fry · Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, Frances O'Grady · Trade Union Congress (TUC), Jane Gratton · British Chambers of Commerce, Matthew Percival · Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Mike Keoghan · Office for National Statistics, Ms Claire Tunley · Financial Services Skills Commission, Neil Carberry · Recruitment and Employment Confederation, Stephen Phipson CBE · Make UK View ↗

Correspondence

3 letters
DateDirectionTitle
18 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from the Chair to Amazon relating to AI technology in the workplace, 24 …
18 Apr 2023 To cttee Letter from Amazon to the Chair relating to AI technology in the workplace, 17 …
10 Jan 2023 To cttee Letter from BEIS Chair to Amazon on AI in the workplace, 10 January 2023