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Call for Evidence

Submitting written evidence to the inquiry

The Business and Trade Committee is now inviting all interested individuals and organisations to submit written evidence in the following areas:   

Protecting workers  

  • Does the Employment Rights Bill adequately safeguard the workers it seeks to protect? 
  • Are there weaknesses or loopholes in the Bill that could be exploited or have unintended consequences? 
  • Are there areas of employment law not covered by the Bill that weaken workers’ protections? 
  • Can the measures in the Bill be adequately enforced? What are the barriers to setting up a Single Enforcement Body (Fair Work Agency) and how can these challenges be overcome? 
  • Will the proposed trade union reforms improve working relationships between workers and businesses, and hence, productivity and enable voice at work? 

Impact on businesses  

  • What impact will the areas covered by the Employment Rights Bill have on small, medium and large businesses? 
  • What impact will these measures have on staff retention, hiring practices, probationary periods and wages? 
  • How will other areas set out in the Plan to Make Work Pay impact businesses? 
  • What impact will strengthened protections, such as day one rights, have on the hiring practices of businesses, UK employment rates and UK investment rates? 
  • To what extent could the Employment Rights Bill cause businesses to offshore employment and continue with weaker workers’ protections abroad? 

Economic growth and wealth creation  

How will the Plan to Make Work Pay impact:  

  • Economic growth? 
  • Productivity levels? 
  • Rates of investment? 
  • Business start-up rates? 
  • Supply of labour? 
  • Employment levels? 
  • Incomes? 
  • Household wealth? 
  • What solutions or actions are required by Government, businesses and workers to effectively support the labour market while boosting productivity and protecting workers’ rights?

If you have evidence on any or all of these questions please submit it by Friday 6 December 2024. Please have a look at our guide to submitting written evidence and if you require assistance to submit your evidence you can find more information about that there too.

This call for written evidence has now closed.

Go back to Make Work Pay: Employment Rights Bill Inquiry