Conditions of Employment: Enforcement
Commons · Question 69448 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 3 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Daisy Cooper
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing the role of a Fair Work Commissioner to ensure the independent enforcement of workers' rights.
Answer
Answered by Justin Madders, 3 Sep 2025
Fair Work Agency officers will be operationally independent. Additionally, the Employment Right Bill provides for effective oversight of the Fair Work Agency through the three-year enforcement strategies and annual reports, which must be laid before Parli...