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5 November 2025

Employment Rights Bill: Consideration of a Lords Message

Summary

Long title

A Bill to make provision to amend the law relating to employment rights; to make provision about procedure for handling redundancies; to make provision about the treatment of workers involved in the supply of services under certain public contracts; to provide for duties to be imposed on employers in relation to equality; to amend the definition of “employment business” in the Employment Agencies Act 1973; to provide for the establishment of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body and the Social Care Negotiating Bodies; to amend the Seafarers’ Wages Act 2023; to make provision for the implementation of international agreements relating to maritime employment; to make provision about trade unions, industrial action, employers’ associations and the functions of the Certification Officer; to make provision about the enforcement of legislation relating to the labour market; and for connected purposes.

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Bill

HL Bill 144 Commons Reasons, Insistence, Non-Insistence, Disagreements and Amendments in Lieu
5 November 2025
Lords
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Explanatory notes

Bill 301 EN 2024-26 (Lords Amendments)
10 September 2025
Commons
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Amendment Papers

Commons Consideration of Lords Message as at 5 November 2025
5 November 2025
Commons

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