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Working Hours

Asked by Michael WheelerLabourDepartment for Business and TradeTabled Answered 17 June 2026UIN 9198

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to his Department’s consultation document entitled Make Work Pay: ending one-sided flexibility – reforms of zero hours and similar contracts, published on 2 June 2026, which businesses his Department met with during the preparation of the consultation.

Answered by Kate Dearden

Ministers and officials have engaged extensively with business, trade unions and representative organisations on the zero hours measures in the Employment Rights Act 2025, informing the development of the consultation.

Details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations are published quarterly on GOV.UK.

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