Freeports: Conditions of Employment
(asked on 2nd September 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether it is his policy that employment law and its application will be different in freeport areas compared to the rest of the UK.
This question was answered on 21st September 2022
Freeports are not exempt from the UK’s high standards of employment laws and protections. The National Minimum Wage applies to all regions and sectors of the UK economy, including Freeports.