Employment Rights Bill: RPC opinion (red-rated)
Regulatory Policy Committee鈥檚 opinion on the impact assessments (IA) for the Employment Rights Bill.
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The Bill makes provision:聽to amend the law relating to employment rights;聽about procedure for handling redundancies;聽about the treatment of workers involved in the supply of services under certain public contracts;聽for duties to be imposed on employers in relation to equality;聽about trade unions, industrial action, employers鈥� associations;聽about the enforcement of legislation relating to the labour market.
The Bill鈥檚 proposals are set out in a . 聽The RPC has assessed as 鈥榥ot fit for purpose鈥� eight of the 23 individual IAs;聽 six of these are in the 鈥榟ighest impact鈥� measure category in the summary IA. The overall assessment for the IA is, therefore, 鈥榥ot fit for purpose鈥�.聽 Given the number and reach of the proposals, it would be proportionate for the IA to include 聽labour market and broader macro-economic analysis to understand the overall impact on employment, wages and output, and particularly the pass-through of employer costs to employees and other dynamic impacts. 聽Eight individual IAs and the summary IA need to provide further analysis and evidence in relation to the rationale for intervention, identification of options (including impacts on small and micro-businesses) and/or justification of the chosen way forward. 聽The issues are summarised in the main body of the opinion and are provided in detail at its Annex A.