Petition · past parliament

Make employment businesses that supply electrical workers require a licence.

Closed 525 signatures

What the petition asks

Employment businesses/agencies that supply labour within the electrical trade are notorious with breaking the rules.

One of the most common problems is workers not being paid or having deductions made from there wages, both of which are illegal practices!
The EWB Propose a licensing system similar to the GLAA (http://www.gla.gov.uk/) to help protect the workers from these unfair practices.


The law is very clear on what an employment business/agency can and can't do but as it stands it is difficult to bring them to justice.

With a licence in place it makes the jobs of unions such as the IWGB:EWB easier to fight for fairness for workers.

Its time for change within the electrical industry and these unfair practices that break the law to change.

Timeline

27 Sep 2018 Petition opened for signatures
27 Mar 2019 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 525
Status Closed
Opened 27 Sep 2018
Closed 27 Mar 2019

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.