Could a Fair Work Agency help enforce worker rights in the UK?

Update: 2025-01-08

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The organisations and government bodies responsible for enforcement of labour rights in the UK are fragmented - as they are in many countries around the world. Could proposals to create a single labour enforcement body - a Fair Work Agency - help improve business compliance with labour laws?

In this episode, Neill Wilkins (Head of IHRB’s Migrant Workers Programme) delves into UK labour regulation with Joanne Young, CEO of the Association of Labour Providers (ALP).

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