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Fair Work Agency

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 44610

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of proposed new powers for the Fair Work Agency on levels of regulation for businesses.

Answered by Justin Madders

An impact assessment for the Fair Work Agency (FWA) was published on 21st October 2024.

The FWA will take a balanced approach to upholding workers’ rights, providing better support on how to comply with the law but taking tough action against rogue employers who exploit their workers. Every business will be treated with fairness and equity, but it is not fair when businesses who want to do right by their staff are undercut by a minority who flout the law.

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