Government papers: Consultation on enforcement of employment rights recommendations

In response to the Taylor review, the government has launched a consultation looking at the enforcement of employment rights.

The 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 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.

The consultation is open until 11.45pm on 16 May 2018.