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
The Employment Bill sets out new rights for workers, including the ability to negotiate pay and to join trade unions or employee associations. It also changes who is recognised as a 'worker', provides employment rights for members of the armed forces, and introduces provisions about employee representatives on company boards. The aim is to improve worker representation and bargaining rights, with related measures to support these changes.
The bill is currently at the second reading in the House of Commons and has originated in the Commons. If approved, it will move on to committee stage and further readings.
Generated 21 February 2026
The 2021-2022 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
