CIPD consultation response: Make Work Pay – Employment Rights Bill
Submission to the Business and Trade Committee
Submission to the Business and Trade Committee
In October 2024, the Government introduced the Employment Rights Bill to Parliament, which put forward a comprehensive overhaul of employment law and is being referred to as the ‘biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation’.
The Business and Trade Committee launched an inquiry to assess the proposed reforms. The findings report was released on 3 March 2025 and can be found here.
We responded to the inquiry in December 2024, welcoming the opportunity the Bill brings, as well as highlighting the need for meaningful consultation given the scale of the measures and the speed with which the Bill was introduced to parliament. You can read our full response below.
The Public Bill Committee also launched an inquiry into the Bill in 2024, to which we submitted the same evidence as the Business and Trade Committee inquiry.
In our response we highlight:
Submission to the UK Department for Work and Pensions and HM Treasury
Submission to the Department for Business and Trade
Our response to the Department for Business and Trade’s consultation on the application of zero hours contracts measures to agency workers.
Our response to the Department for Work and Pensions' consultation on creating a modern industrial relations framework