Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 127278
Retail Trade: Working Hours
Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 22 April 2026
Question
Sir Ashley Fox
Conservative — Bridgwater
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he has taken to ensure the guaranteed hours provisions of the Employment Rights Act 2025 support access to (a) seasonal workers, (b) agency workers and (c) people seeking flexible employment
Answer
Kate DeardenThe Employment Rights Act 2025 includes flexibility to address issues of seasonal demand, for example, enabling employers that operate seasonally to use fixed-term contracts where the demand for work is genuinely temporary. We will consider further ways t...
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