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Make Work Pay

Consultations and documents from Make Work Pay, a government initiative on labour market reform.

The Make Work Pay plan is a core part of the mission to grow the economy, raise living standards across the country and create opportunities. It aims to tackle low pay, poor working conditions and poor job security.

The plan is designed to help more people to stay in work, support workers’ productivity and improve living standards.

Consultations

Calls for evidence

Policy papers

Guidance

Promotional material

Updates to this page

Published 10 October 2024
Last updated 8 December 2025 show all updates
  1. Added link to an open consultation on the fair pay agreement process in adult social care. Added links to closed consultations on: setting up the School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB); mandatory ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting; reforms to public procurement; late payments - tackling poor payment practices. Added links to calls for evidence on: Equality law; unpaid internships; parental leave and pay review.

  2. 'Employment rights for unpaid carers review: terms of reference' and 'Make Work Pay: draft code of practice on electronic and workplace balloting for statutory union ballots' added to collection.

  3. Four consultations added to collection: 'Make Work Pay: enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers', 'Make Work Pay: leave for bereavement including pregnancy loss', 'Make Work Pay: trade union right of access', 'Make Work Pay: duty to inform workers of right to join a union'.

  4. 'Implementing the Employment Rights Bill' added to policy papers section of the collection.

  5. HMT consultation response page 'Tackling non-compliance in the umbrella company market' added to collection.

  6. Making Work Pay: Strengthening Statutory Sick Pay consultation has been added to the collection.

  7. 3 Make Work Pay consultations published in October 2024 added to collections.

  8. Link to 'Employment Rights Bill: impact assessments' added to page.

  9. 'Employment Rights Bill: factsheets' added to collection.

  10. First published.