The Government has asked the Low Pay Commission to recommend minimum wage rates for April 2027. The consultation is asking for evidence on the impacts of recent minimum wage increases on employers and workers, and for views on the economic and labour market conditions that workers and businesses are facing, as well as the specific impacts of the rates themselves
This consultation seeks views on:
- a proposed new light touch process for employers consulting with employees where a request cannot be immediately agreed
- what training, resources and support can help businesses navigate flexible working requests
- other ways to improve access to flexible working
The consultation is seeking views on enhancing dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers, including:
- the specific circumstances in which the dismissal of pregnant women and new mothers should still be allowed
- when the protections should start and end
- whether other new parents should be covered by the protections
The consultation also seeks views on:
The Employment Rights Bill introduced a new day-one right to unpaid bereavement leave for employees who experience the loss of a loved one, including pregnancy loss before 24 weeks.
This consultation seeks views on:
- eligibility criteria
- types of pregnancy loss in scope
- when and how bereavement leave can be taken
- notice and evidence requirements
The Employment Rights Bill will introduce a new framework for trade unions to access workplaces physically, and to communicate with workers in person or digitally. This is a consultation on how the new legal framework for trade unions’ right of access into workplaces should work in practice.
There’s a new duty on employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. This consultation is about how it should work in practice.
The Low Pay Commission is seeking evidence to inform recommendations on minimum wage rates in 2026 and beyond.
The Low Pay Commission is seeking evidence to inform recommendations on minimum wage rates in 2025 and beyond.
This call for evidence sets out the issues on which Margaret Beels, the Director of Labour Market Enforcement, seeks evidence to inform her strategy for 2024 to 2025.
