Debate contribution: Employment Rights Bill
Debate contribution by Dr Caoimhe Archibald on .
- MLA
- Dr Caoimhe Archibald
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 19 May 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Employment Rights Bill
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5549496
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I did not have a deadline to introduce the Bill last year. I think that we said that we hoped to have a Bill by January this year. We were perhaps a bit ambitious in respect of the amount of work that needed to be done and the level of engagement that we wanted to undertake. As I indicated earlier, when I announced the proposals, I committed to engaging extensively, and we then undertook that engagement. That was time well spent and has helped us to craft a Bill that will hopefully be recognised as one that strikes the right balance between supporting employers and helping workers. That is what we all want to see.
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