Employment and workers' rights: this week in Parliament and GOV.UK

Week of Monday 26 October 2026 to Sunday 1 November 2026. Updated automatically every Monday from Policy Radar's archive of official sources; next update Monday 9 November 2026.

This week at a glance

Debates, statements and motions

• Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026

  Debate, 2 items · Thu 29 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

• Abuse of Retail Workers

  Debate · Mon 26 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

• Jobs and Employment: Staffordshire

  Debate, 3 items · Mon 26 Oct · hansard.parliament.uk

Bills, amendments and new laws

• The Pneumoconiosis etc. (Workers' Compensation) (Payment of Claims) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2026

  Statutory instrument · Fri 30 Oct · legislation.gov.uk

Select committees

• Local delivery of employment support

  Committee evidence · Work and Pensions Committee · Wed 28 Oct · committees.parliament.uk

Written questions and answers

• Employment Schemes: Internet

  4 written questions and answers · Department for Work and Pensions · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Employment: Young People

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Work and Pensions · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Service Industries: Employment

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade · Wed 28 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Arts: Employment

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Education · Tue 27 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Offshore Industry: Skilled Workers

  2 written questions and answers · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Tue 27 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• Migrant Workers: Social Services

  2 written questions and answers · Home Office · Mon 26 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What steps are being taken to create increased opportunities and accessibility into employment for…

  Written question · Department for Work and Pensions · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• On what basis the decision was made to count foundation apprentices as new construction workers from the…

  Written question · Department for Work and Pensions · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What assessment he has made of the potential impact of taxing image rights payments related to an employment…

  Written question · Treasury · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What data her Department holds on the number of cases in which social workers or local authorities have…

  Written question · Department for Education · Fri 30 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• If his Department will consider allowing JobsPlus pilot programmes to provide employment support to…

  Written question · Department for Work and Pensions · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

• What data the Department holds on the employment outcomes of people following completion of an…

  Written question · Department for Work and Pensions · Thu 29 Oct · questions-statements.parliament.uk

And 37 more question topics this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

GOV.UK: consultations, news and publications

• Make Work Pay: employment status reform and protections for the self-employed

  Consultation · BIST · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Cornwall's first Youth Guarantee Jobs Fair moves hundreds of young people closer to employment

  News · DWP · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Right of trade unions to access workplaces: code of practice

  Publication · BIST · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Trade unions: guidance and codes of practice

  Publication · BIST, BEIS · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Right of Trade Unions to access workplaces: application and response forms

  Publication · CAC · Fri 30 Oct · gov.uk

• Workers and Temporary Workers: guidance for sponsors: sponsor a Minister of Religion or religious worker

  Publication · UKVI · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Employment related securities bulletin 69 (October 2026)

  Publication · HMRC · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Conduct Regulations 2003: guidance for employment agencies and employment businesses

  Publication · FWA, BIST, DBT · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Decision makers' guide: Vols 8 and 9: Employment and Support Allowance: staff guide

  Publication · DWP · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Visa holder earnings, employment and income tax statistics, year ending March 2026

  Publication · Home Office · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• The Employment of Disabled People 2026

  Publication · DWP · Thu 29 Oct · gov.uk

• Right of Trade Unions to access workplaces: application and response forms

  Publication · CAC · Wed 28 Oct · gov.uk

And 8 more items this week. Policy Radar alerts you to all of them for your own keywords.

How this page is made

Every Monday we search the official items Policy Radar collected in the past week (Monday to Sunday) for these words in the title: employment, employment rights, workers, minimum wage, statutory sick pay, zero hours, trade unions. Written questions on the same subject are grouped together, and amendments are grouped by bill. Matching on titles is quick but rough: some relevant items will be missing and a few may be off-topic. Each item links to the official page. For employers, HR teams and employment lawyers.