A Bill to make provision about the rights of workers, including to negotiate pay and join trade unions and employee associations; to amend the definition of worker; to make provision about the employment rights of members of the armed forces; to make provision about employee representatives on company boards; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
4 May 2022
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The Employment Bill aims to strengthen workers' rights, including the right to negotiate pay and to join trade unions or employee associations. It also updates who counts as a worker and includes provisions about the employment rights of armed forces personnel and about employee representatives on company boards.
Originating in the House of Commons, the bill had its first reading in June 2021 and a second reading in May 2022. It is currently at the second reading in the Commons, with no further stages listed in the provided information.
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21 Jun 2021
6 May 2022
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
