Tag Archives: Single Enforcement Body

Single Enforcement Body: Yes, kids, we’re almost there!

Posted on August 21, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

Almost three years ago, in December 2021, I concluded on this blog that, in terms of progress towards the creation of a single enforcement body for workplace rights – a reform I had first proposed 20 years earlier, when a … Continue reading →

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Zero-hours contracts: Labour’s zero-sum game

Posted on April 1, 2024 by wonkypolicywonk

In February, I questioned whether Labour shadow ministers have any idea how to implement their near totemic pledge – set out in their New Deal for Working People – to “ban zero-hours contracts and contracts without a minimum number of … Continue reading →

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New Year, new enforcement body?

Posted on December 30, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

So, Boris Johnson held and won the general election that, back in August, I predicted he might well hold and win on the back of a ‘deal’ with the EU27 that, at that time, most commentators thought less likely than … Continue reading →

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Single Enforcement Body: Will the Tories boldly go where Labour and the Lib Dems failed to tread?

Posted on October 7, 2019 by wonkypolicywonk

In July, the Government launched a formal, 12-week consultation on a proposal to establish a new Single Enforcement Body for employment rights. You might even have submitted a response (the consultation closed yesterday). And you probably concluded that it is … Continue reading →

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