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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11 Feb
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11 Feb
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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
6 Recommendation Deferred
3rd Report - Make Work Pay: Employ…
Prioritise review of worker status and address false self-employment immediately.
While the Committee welcomes the Government’s plans to reform worker status and bogus self-employment, it must proceed at pace to turn ambition into action. If it does not, it risks more companies adopting a ‘self-employment’ model for their workforces to … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the complexity of the employment status framework and the issue of bogus self-employment but states that consulting on and implementing reforms to create a simpler framework is a longer-term goal that will take time, rather than prioritising it immediately alongside the Employment Rights Bill.
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14 Conclusion Deferred
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Significant inconsistency exists in Modern Slavery Statements' transparency, hindering informed consumer purchasing decisions.
Case studies reviewed by the Committee highlight a significant inconsistency in the transparency of Modern Slavery Statements. Although these statements may meet the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, the lack of standardisation hinders consumers from making informed purchasing … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the inconsistency in Modern Slavery Statements and states it is considering how to strengthen the Section 54 regime, including reporting requirements, and will set out next steps in due course. It also notes updated statutory guidance has been published.
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15 Recommendation Deferred
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Review Modern Slavery Act Section 54, mandating reporting and introducing penalties for non-disclosure.
The Government must review the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and make changes to Section 54 to improve transparency. In particular the Government should: a. Change provision 54(5) such that the areas of reporting in modern slavery statements become mandatory. b. … Read more
Government Response
The government is considering strengthening Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act, including reporting requirements and penalties, and will set out next steps in due course, noting that significant reform will take time. Interim updated guidance has been published.
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17 Recommendation Deferred
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Align UK legislation with global partners, introducing mandatory human rights due diligence and import bans.
The UK Government must look to align with global legislation, prioritising the introduction of mandatory Human Rights due diligence, to avoid duplicated efforts for UK businesses. The Government should also consider newer levers such as import bans on products from … Read more
Government Response
The government affirms its support for voluntary human rights due diligence approaches and states it will continue to assess and monitor existing measures and new international policy tools, consulting with stakeholders as it considers any further action on mandatory due diligence or import bans.
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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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