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Employment Rights Bill: Small Businesses

Asked by Dame Harriett BaldwinConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 16 December 2024UIN 19280

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on small and medium-sized businesses.

Answered by Justin Madders

On Monday 21 October, the Government published 24 Impact Assessments representing a comprehensive package of analysis on the impact of the Employment Rights Bill. These Impact Assessments are available at the following link: http://www.gov.uk/guidance/employment-rights-bill-impact-assessments. As per our Better Regulation requirements, each Impact Assessment includes a small, medium and micro business assessment, which discuss the potential impacts of the Employment Rights Bill.

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