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employment rights legislation

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New enforcement agency will protect workers’ rights as part of ‘watershed’ bill

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The Fair Work Agency will be created as part of the government’s employment rights legislation.

Officers will have inspection powers and will be able to enforce new penalties for those who breach employee rights.

Whistleblowers will be encouraged to report bad behaviour to the new body.

Deputy prime minister Angela Rayner said the bill was a “watershed moment”.

TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said it was time to write a positive new chapter for working people’ Unions have broadly welcomed the vast majority of the changes despite some anger over the summer on the carve-outs for fire and rehire and zero-hours contracts.

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