Enforcement of employment rights recommendations

We’re seeking views on the recommendations in the Matthew Taylor Review of modern working practices on the enforcement of employment rights.

This consultation:

• sets out the government’s intention to enforce a wider range of basic employment rights on behalf of vulnerable workers
• seeks evidence on the extent of the problem faced by low paid workers in accessing sick pay and holiday pay to help target enforcement efforts
• sets out the government’s plans to simplify the enforcement process for employment tribunal awards
• outlines the government’s intention to introduce a naming scheme for unpaid employment tribunal awards
• takes forward the review’s recommendations that employment tribunal judges should be obliged to consider stronger punishments for employers who ignore previous tribunal judgments
• seeks views on how best to implement these measures

Further detail

On 7 February 2018 we published the government response to the Matthew Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices along with this and 3 other related consultations:

• Government response to the Taylor review of modern working practices
• Consultation: Employment status
• Consultation: Increasing transparency in the labour market
• Consultation: Agency workers recommendations