Small Businesses: Working Hours
Commons · Question 119567 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Department for Business and Trade · Official record
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of guaranteed hours requirements on small and medium-sized enterprises operating in sectors reliant on temporary labour.
Answer
Answered by Kate Dearden, 16 Mar 2026
The government has published a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts of the zero hours contract measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025.This analysis includes consideration of increases in labour costs and effects on flexibility for micro, ...