Enforcement of employment law in Great Britain
The Fair Work Agency has been set up by the Employment Rights Act 2025 to lead state enforcement of employment rights.
Key Employment Rights
This briefing provides an overview of a range of key statutory employment rights in Great Britain, including unfair dismissal, deduction from wages and working time.
Trade unions and industrial relations
This briefing covers the rules governing trade unions, the rights of union members, collective bargaining, strikes and other industrial action
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Research Briefing
The National Minimum Wage: Policy and developments
The National Minimum Wage is the minimum hourly amount workers must be paid. Currently it differs between different 'age bands', although the Labour government has committed to removing them.
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Research Briefing
Protections for whistleblowing and non-disclosure agreements
New legislation has expanded rights for workers around whistleblowing and non-disclosure agreements.
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Research Briefing
Fire and rehire practices
This briefing explores the use, legal context and proposals for reform of 'fire and rehire' tactics by employers.
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Research Briefing
Public sector pay
Public sector employees were able to receive average pay awards of between 3.25% and 4.5% in 2025/26. This is lower than the average pay awards in 2024/25, which were between 3.25% and 5.4%, but higher than the average pay awards seen in the last fifteen years. Since 2010, there have also been a number of pay freezes. Some individuals will receive higher or lower awards, as these figures represent average pay awards within departments.
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Research Briefing
Statutory Sick Pay
This Commons Library briefing sets out the rules governing statutory sick pay (SSP) and how the scheme operates.
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Debate Pack
E-petition relating to statutory menstrual leave for people with endometriosis and adenomyosis
E-petition 732342 to Introduce Statutory Menstrual Leave for People with Endometriosis & Adenomyosis received over 100,000 signatures and will be debated in Westminster Hall.
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Debate Pack
Government support for healthy relationships
A Westminster Hall debate has been scheduled for 12 February on government support for healthy relationships. The subject for the debate has been chosen by the Backbench Business Committee and will be opened by Maya Ellis MP.
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Research Briefing
Trade, supply chains and workers’ rights
A briefing on trade, supply chains and workers' rights, prepared for a breakout session of the sixth UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly (PPA) meeting.
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Debate Pack
E-petition relating to maternity and paternity pay
A petition on raising the rates of maternity and paternity pay to the National Living Wage will be debated in Westminster Hall on 27 October 2025.