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Status of Workers Bill heads to House of Commons

by Ashleigh Webber 31 Jan 2022
by Ashleigh Webber 31 Jan 2022 The Bill will soon be debated by MPs in the House of Commons
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The Bill will soon be debated by MPs in the House of Commons
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A Bill that seeks to create a single status of worker under UK employment legislation has moved a step closer to becoming law, but a Conservative peer has suggested that ministers would not support it.

Lord Hendy QC’s Status of Workers Bill, passed its third reading in the House of Lords last week, and will now head to the House of Commons to be debated by MPs.

If taken forward, the bill would create a single worker status, thereby entitling every individual who carries out work for another party to employment rights such as sick pay and holiday pay.

Lord Hendy told Personnel Today that simplifying how workers were categorised would help tackle the issue of “bogus” self-employment and prevent organisations from forcing individuals into setting up personal service companies in order to cut costs.

However, at the Bill’s third reading on Friday (28 January), business minister Lord Callanan said the government is “not convinced that the Bill is the right course of action” and suggested ministers would not support it.

“The government are not convinced that the Bill is the right solution to give greater protection to those in insecure work. We will continue to take steps to protect vulnerable workers, delivering on our ambition to make the UK the best place in the world to work and grow a business,” Lord Callanan said.

Status of Workers Bill

Bill to create single worker status enters final stage at House of Lords

Employment status: Lord Hendy talks to Oven-Ready HR about his Status of Workers Bill

Lord Hendy said that the Bill had received wide support so far. “I of course understand the position of the minister in being unable to support it, but he stands alone in this. If the Bill is passed it will… render great justice to hundreds of thousands of workers who are wrongly classified, and thereby deprived of the statutory rights which Parliament has bestowed on working people.

“It will also provide, in accordance with the government’s policy, a levelling-up process by which all employers will stand on a level playing field in the engagement of their workforce,” he said.

The government has previously stated its intentions to reform workers’ rights through its Employment Bill, which is yet to be taken forward.

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Ashleigh Webber
Ashleigh Webber

Ashleigh is editor at OHW+ and part of the Personnel Today editorial team. Prior to joining Personnel Today in 2018, she covered the road transport sector for Commercial Motor and Motor Transport.

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