"The new watchdog will form a key plank of Labour's proposals to drastically strengthen workers' rights by drawing together Britain's existing labour enforcement agencies into a single body. It will have powers to tackle employers flouting the law, including naming and shaming rogue businesses paying staff below the legal minimum wage, issuing fines and bringing legal cases on workers' behalf."
"While his report was seen as central to Tory efforts to win over economically insecure Labour voters, it was largely mothballed as the party cycled through prime ministers. He also held the role as the government's head of labour market enforcement between 2019 and 2021, but sharply attacked the Tories for backsliding on its pledges to protect workers from unscrupulous employment practices."
"Taylor told the Guardian Starmer's government had the potential to make progress after the Tories had reneged on their promises. I think it was quite clear that the previous government had not got that balance right, [and] I think this government is going to get that balance right, he said. Flexible work will always have an important role in our economy, but it mustn't be at the price of the insecurity and unfairness towards workers."
Matthew Taylor will chair the Fair Work Agency when it launches next April, overseeing a new watchdog that consolidates Britain's labour enforcement agencies. The agency will have powers to name and shame employers who pay below the legal minimum, issue fines and bring legal cases on behalf of workers. Taylor led the influential gig economy review and previously ran Blair's No 10 policy unit and served as head of labour market enforcement. Taylor criticised recent government backsliding on worker protections and said the new government should strike a better balance so flexible work does not produce insecurity or unfairness.
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