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Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill

Status: Closed Opened: 31 Oct 2024 Closed: 29 Apr 2026 16 recommendations 5 conclusions 1 report

The newly re-formed Business and Trade Committee is launching its first call for evidence on the Government’s new flagship Employment Rights Bill . The new Government has announced a comprehensive overhaul of employment law in what it is calling the ‘biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation.’ The ‘Plan to Make Work Pay’ sets …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
3rd Report - Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill HC 370 3 Mar 2025 21 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

3 items
2 Recommendation 3rd Report - Make Work Pay: Employment … Accepted in Part

Embed definitions of 'reasonable notice' and 'moved' shifts into primary legislation.

While the Committee welcomes the added security for workers that the Bill brings with measures to provide reasonable notice of shifts and compensation for cancelled, moved or curtailed shifts. But the lack of key details on the face of the Bill means that Parliament is at risk of signing a …

Government response. The government declines to put all requested definitions into primary legislation, stating they are more suited to secondary legislation for flexibility, but confirms the Bill states the short notice period will not exceed seven days and will consult on regulations …
Department for Business and Trade
12 Recommendation 3rd Report - Make Work Pay: Employment … Accepted in Part

Amend Trade Union Act sections to improve recognition ballot complaint and limitation periods.

Given that an expected consequence of the Employment Right Bill may be greater recognition ballot activity within workplaces, it is essential that ministers amend section 27B of Schedule 1A of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 to provide longer than 24 hours for complaints about the conduct …

Government response. The government is extending the time period for complaints related to an unfair practice during recognition ballots from one to five working days and will consult on a revised Code of Practice. However, it does not explicitly commit to shortening …
Department for Business and Trade
13 Recommendation 3rd Report - Make Work Pay: Employment … Accepted in Part

Require transparency for recognition ballot spending and secure a long-term WERS replacement.

It is important that the impact of reform to industrial relations is both measurable and measured. We recommend that the Government bring transparency around industrial disputes in line with best practice elsewhere, including the United States, and requires parties involved in a recognition ballot to disclose spend on materials, consultants …

Government response. The government is extending the time for complaints related to unfair practices during recognition ballots and will consult on a revised Code of Practice. It states it is wary of placing additional burdens for disclosure on parties but will work …
Department for Business and Trade

Oral evidence sessions

3 sessions
Date Witnesses
14 Jan 2025 Alessandro Dudech · Uniqlo, Andy Brown · Frasers Group, Hugo Martin · Evri, Mr Paddy Lillis · Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW), Neil Carberry · Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), Paul Bedford · Deliveroo View ↗
7 Jan 2025 Alistair Macrow · McDonalds, UK and Ireland, Andrew Opie · The British Retail Consortium, Claire Lorains · Tesco, Eleanor Lyons, Leonard Klenner · Temu, Margaret Beels OBE · Department for Business and Trade, Stephen Heary · Temu, Yinan Zhu · SHEIN View ↗
17 Dec 2024 Amanda Gearing · GMB Union, Ben Willmott · Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), Beverley Fairbank · Jaguar Land Rover, Dominic Johnson · BAE Systems, Jennifer Kearney · Amazon UK and Ireland, Matthew Percival · Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Murray Paul · Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Nicola Smith · Trades Union Congress (TUC), Stuart Morgan · Amazon Logistics View ↗

Correspondence

40 letters
DateDirectionTitle
22 Apr 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating…
15 Apr 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating…
11 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating…
11 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating…
11 Feb 2026 From cttee Letter to the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating t…
11 Feb 2026 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating…
26 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating…
4 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating…
16 Sep 2025 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State relating to the Employments Rights Bill, 15 …
8 Sep 2025 From cttee Letter to the Secretary of State relating to the Employment Rights Bill, 8 Sept…
17 Jul 2025 To cttee Letter from the Financial Conduct Authority relating to Shein and the Integrity…
10 Jul 2025 From cttee Letter to the Financial Conduct Authority relating to Shein and the UK listing …
3 Jun 2025 To cttee Letter from the Secretary of State relating to the Modern Slavery Act, 19 May 2…
29 Apr 2025 From cttee Letter to the Secretary of State relating to the consistent application of forc…
22 Apr 2025 To cttee Letter from the GMB Union relating to the ongoing dispute with Bidfood, 14 Apri…
27 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from Amazon relating to evidence given to the Committee, 27 January 2025
18 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from Evri relating to issues raised by the Committee, 5 March 2025
18 Mar 2025 To cttee Letter from Domestic Angels Franchising Limited relating to the Committee’s thi…
4 Mar 2025 From cttee Letter to Hugo Martin of Evri relating to allegations made to the Committee by …
25 Feb 2025 To cttee Letter from SHEIN relating to additional information requested by the Committee…