Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill

Business and Trade Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 31 Oct 2024 Closed: 29 Apr 2026 Parliament page
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 … Read more
16 Recommendations
5 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Oral sessions
40 Letters
3 Events
Activity timeline 48 events
22 Apr
2026
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15 Apr
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11 Mar
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26 Nov
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Oral evidence sessions 3 sessions
14 Jan 2025
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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
7 Jan 2025
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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
17 Dec 2024
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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
Title HC No. Published Items Response
3rd Report - Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill HC 370 3 Mar 2025 21 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
9 Recommendation Acknowledged
3rd Report - Make Work Pay: Employ…
Task Acas with leading an information campaign to promote good employment practice compliance.
We recognise that there are a significant number of new employment rights that employers will need to understand and implement. We therefore call on the Government to consider how they use networks of employment support, both statutory and voluntary, to … Read more
Government Response
The government states it will consult on implementation details and ensure sufficient support, recognizing Acas as a valuable partner with whom it is already working closely, but does not explicitly commit to tasking Acas with leading an information campaign.
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10 Recommendation Acknowledged
3rd Report - Make Work Pay: Employ…
Develop a clear, long-term industrial relations strategy, credibly resourced and embedded through collaboration.
The Government’s framework for industrial relations provides strong principles that can help to shape a future settlement based on productive engagement between trade unions and employers. To develop this ambition, we recommend that the Government develops a clear and long- … Read more
Government Response
The government committed to exploring the development of an overarching industrial relations framework that will set out its vision and provide guidance, engaging with stakeholders in its formation, but does not commit to a specific long-term strategy with resourcing details.
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16 Conclusion Acknowledged
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UK risks becoming a 'dumping ground' for forced labour products without legislative reforms.
The UK is at serious risk of becoming a ‘dumping ground’ for products made with forced labour if it does not keep up with our global partners on legislative reforms to tackle modern slavery. (Conclusion, Paragraph 85)
Government Response
The government acknowledges the risk and its commitment to eradicating forced labour, stating it will continue to assess and monitor existing measures and emerging policy tools, and will consult stakeholders when considering further action.
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18 Conclusion Acknowledged
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Effective labour market enforcement is crucial for strengthened worker rights and fair standards
Laws are only as effective as those who enforce them. If the Government wishes to ensure workers are given strengthened employment rights, and that all firms benefit from a level playing field for labour standards, effective labour market enforcement must … Read more
Government Response
The government is committed to effective labour market enforcement by balancing resources, expertise, and coordination, and will monitor the effectiveness and consider resources for the Fair Work Agency when developing its enforcement strategy and annual report.
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Government Response AI assessment · 21 of 16 classified
Accepted 7
Accepted in Part 3
Acknowledged 4
Deferred 4
Rejected 3
Total 16 recs + 5 conclusions
Correspondence 40 letters
22 Apr 2026 To committee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to the Non-Disclosure Agreements Consultation, 15 April 2026
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15 Apr 2026 To committee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to the Trade Union access consultation and call for evidence on TUPE, 8 April 2026
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11 Mar 2026 To committee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to the Government response to the unpaid internships call for evidence, 27 February 2026
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11 Mar 2026 To committee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to further February consultation package for the Employment Rights Act, 26 February 2026
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11 Feb 2026 From committee Letter to the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to the Employment Rights Act consultation and implementation timeline, 22 January 2026
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11 Feb 2026 To committee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to implementing the Employment Rights Act, 3 February 2026
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26 Nov 2025 To committee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to the Employments Rights Bill consultation on Electronic and Workplace Balloting, 19 November 2025
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4 Nov 2025 To committee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights and Consumer Protection relating to Employment Rights Bill October Consultation Package, 23 October 2025
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16 Sep 2025 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State relating to the Employments Rights Bill, 15 September 2025
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8 Sep 2025 From committee Letter to the Secretary of State relating to the Employment Rights Bill, 8 September 2025
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17 Jul 2025 To committee Letter from the Financial Conduct Authority relating to Shein and the Integrity of the UK Listing Regime, 11 July 2025
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10 Jul 2025 From committee Letter to the Financial Conduct Authority relating to Shein and the UK listing regime, 10 July 2025
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3 Jun 2025 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State relating to the Modern Slavery Act, 19 May 2025
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29 Apr 2025 From committee Letter to the Secretary of State relating to the consistent application of forced labour bans across Government, 25 April 2025
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22 Apr 2025 To committee Letter from the GMB Union relating to the ongoing dispute with Bidfood, 14 April 2025
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27 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from Amazon relating to evidence given to the Committee, 27 January 2025
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18 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from Evri relating to issues raised by the Committee, 5 March 2025
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18 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from Domestic Angels Franchising Limited relating to the Committee’s third report in to the Employment Rights Bill, 7 March 2025
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4 Mar 2025 From committee Letter to Hugo Martin of Evri relating to allegations made to the Committee by Evri couriers, 27 February 2025
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25 Feb 2025 To committee Letter from SHEIN relating to additional information requested by the Committee, 7 February 2025
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25 Feb 2025 To committee Letter from Tesco relating to the onboarding process of a garment factory located in Mae Sot, Thailand, 11 February 2025
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25 Feb 2025 To committee Letter from the Chief Executive of FCA relating to questions asked of the listing process, 17 February 2025
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11 Feb 2025 To committee Letter from Deliveroo relating to their appearance before the Committee, 30 January 2025
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4 Feb 2025 From committee Letter to UNIQLO relating to their appearance at the oral evidence session on 14 January, 21 January 2025
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4 Feb 2025 To committee Letter from the Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets relating to the Employment Rights Bill, 29 January 2025
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4 Feb 2025 To committee Letter from UNIQLO relating to outstanding questions after the oral evidence session on 14 Janaury, 23 January 2025
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27 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to Shein regarding materials, products and working conditions in their supply chain, 27 January 2025
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27 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to the Financial Conduct Authority relating to further questions around the listing process, 27 January 2025
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24 Jan 2025 To committee Letter from the Financial Conduct Authority relating to their role in listings and legal checks, 17 January 2025
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24 Jan 2025 To committee Letter from the CEO of the London Stock Exchange relating to listing companies, 17 January 2025
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24 Jan 2025 To committee Letter from Shein in response to the Committee’s follow up questions, 20 January 2025
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21 Jan 2025 To committee Letter from Health and Safety Executive relating to Amazon's requirements under RIDDOR, 10 January 2025
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21 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to the Minister for Employment Rights, Competition and Markets relating to ERB, 17 January 2025
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13 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to Shein regarding their appearance before the Committee in the evidence session on 7 January, 10 January 2025
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13 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to McDonald's regarding their appearance before the Committee in the evidence session on 7 January, 10 January 2025
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10 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to the Financial Conduct Authority regarding Shein's evidence to the Committee on 7 January, 9 January 2025
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10 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to the London Stock Exchange regarding Shein's evidence to the Committee on 7 January, 9 January 2025
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10 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to Amazon regarding their appearance before the Committee at the evidence session on 17 December, 20 December 2024
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7 Jan 2025 From committee Letter to the Health and Safety Executive relating to data issues surrounding Amazon UK, 20 December 2024
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7 Jan 2025 To committee Letter from Leigh Day to the Business and Trade Committee, 3 January 2025
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