Employment: Women's Rights
Commons · Question 69450 · 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, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Factsheet: The Fair Work Agency, whether the agency will be specifically mandated to uphold the rights of young women in the workplace.
Answer
Answered by Justin Madders, 3 Sep 2025
Women and young people are less likely to get the employment rights they are entitled to than the general population. The creation of the Fair Work Agency will deliver a generational upgrade to enforcement of workers’ rights, and young women particularly ...