Open consultation

Make Work Pay: workplace monitoring technologies

• From: Department for Business and Trade and Kate Dearden MP
• Published: 8 July 2026

Applies to England, Scotland and Wales

Summary

We are seeking views on proposals to support the fair, transparent and responsible use of workplace monitoring technologies, used to monitor, manage or make decisions relating to workers.

This consultation closes at
11:59pm on 30 September 2026

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on proposals to support the fair, transparent and responsible use of workplace monitoring technologies, in line with the commitments set out in the Plan to Make Work Pay.

The consultation considers options to improve:

• clarity
• transparency
• worker voice
• broader industrial relations around the use of workplace monitoring technologies

This consultation seeks views from all parts of society and we encourage everyone with a view on the use of workplace monitoring technologies to respond.

We strongly encourage you to answer this consultation via the online platform. Using the online survey will assist our analysis of the responses, enabling more efficient and effective consideration of the issues raised.

Following consultation, the government will review and analyse the responses received. Drawing on this evidence, it will develop a final policy proposal that reflects the views expressed and that supports the fair, transparent and responsible use of workplace monitoring technologies.

Documents

Make Work Pay: consultation on workplace monitoring technologies

PDF, 5.01 MB, 68 pages

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Make Work Pay: consultation on workplace monitoring technologies (large-print version)

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Ways to respond

Respond online

or

Email to:

wmtconsultation@businessandtrade.gov.uk

Write to:

Workplace monitoring technologies, Employment Rights Directorate
Department for Business and Trade
Old Admiralty Building
Admiralty Place
London
SW1A 2DY

Published 8 July 2026