Rejected petition Request for employment law to be made a devolved matter
The UK has seen a rise in its working rights being eroded by companies seeking to increase their profits.
Despite the overuse of fire and rehire, using apprenticeships as an excuse to pay workers a lower wage and an increase in the use of zero-hour contracts, the UK Conservative government has done nothing.
That is why this petition is asking for the Senedd to push for employment law and rights to become a devolved matter.
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The Acas Report, commissioned by the UK Conservative government, showed that 1 in 10 employees have faced fire and rehire throughout the pandemic. The Joseph Rowntree Foundation reported that despite living in a household with at least 1 person in employment, 56% of people were living in poverty, including 7 in 10 children being plunged into poverty while living in a working household.
Yet despite this, the UK Conservative Government has done nothing to better the working conditions for the UK population. This is why the Welsh government must push for employment law and rights to become a devolved matter, to alleviate people in Wales from poverty, ban the use of practices such as fire and rehire and the overuse of apprenticeships, and legislate a living wage for Welsh workers.
Why was this petition rejected?
It asks the Senedd to do something that it is not able to do.
For this reason, we cannot accept petitions which call for the Senedd to request or campaign for something which falls outside of its direct powers or responsibilities.
Schedules 7A and 7B of the Government of Wales Act 2006 set out the issues which are ‘restricted’ or ‘reserved’ to the UK Parliament - i.e. areas where only the UK Parliament or Government, not the Senedd or Welsh Government, can act.
Employment law remains the responsibility of the UK Parliament and as a result, it is not possible for the Senedd to take the action called for by your petition.
Further information about the powers and responsibilities of the Senedd can be found here: https://senedd.wales/how-we-work/our-role/powers/
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