Source · Select Committees · Business and Trade Committee
Recommendation 27
27
Deferred
Committee requests confirmation of current inspector numbers for specific labour enforcement bodies
Conclusion
We ask the Government to confirm to the Committee the current number of inspectors employed in the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and the National Minimum Wage Team within His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs. (Paragraph 152) Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets 69
Government Response Summary
The government's response discusses the Retained EU Law Bill and ongoing consultations to simplify Working Time Regulations and holiday pay calculations, but it does not provide the requested current number of inspectors in the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate, GLAA, or the National Minimum Wage Team.
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
The Government introduced the Retained EU Law (REUL) Bill so that we could end the special status of retained EU law. The Government tabled an amendment at Lords Report stage of the Bill, which replaces the current sunset in the Bill with a list of the retained EU laws that we intend to revoke at the end of 2023. This provides certainty by making it clear which regulations will be removed from the statue book. We will retain the vitally important powers in the Bill that allow us to continue to amend EU laws, so more complex regulation can still be revoked or reformed after proper assessment and consultation. retained EU employment law following our exit from the EU, including the Working Time Regulations and Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment), or ‘TUPE’, Regulations. We are consulting on proposals to reduce time-consuming reporting requirements under the Working Time Regulations, which could save employers around £1bn a year. We are also consulting on simplifying annual leave and holiday pay calculations in the Working Time Regulations, and streamlining regulations that apply when a business transfers to a new owner. These proposals do not seek to remove rights, but instead remove unnecessary bureaucracy in the way those rights operate, allowing business to benefit from the additional freedoms we have through Brexit. The Government has been clear throughout the Brexit process that we have no intention of reducing the substantive legal protections for workers. 22 Post-pandemic economic growth: UK labour markets: Government Response To make good on this promise, we have also made clear in the consultation the areas of employment law where the Government will not make any changes, including the system of maternity, paternity, adoption, or parental leave.