New workers’ rights body appoints chairman to lead crackdown on ‘bad bosses’

New workers’ rights body appoints chairman to lead crackdown on ‘bad bosses’

Matthew Taylor, who currently leads the NHS Confederation, will chair the Fair Work Agency when it is launched next year.

Matthew Taylor to chair Fair Work Agency

Taylor Review author to chair Fair Work Agency, the new body to protect workers from employers who flout minimum wage and other labour laws. The post Matthew Taylor to chair Fair Work Agency appeared first on Personnel Today.

Blair’s former policy chief Matthew Taylor to lead Fair Work Agency

Author of influential report on the gig economy says new watchdog can make progress on workers’ rights Labour has appointed Tony Blair’s former policy chief to lead Britain’s new jobs market watchdog being created by the government to enforce its strengthening of workers’ rights. Matthew Taylor, who led the influential Taylor report on the gig economy and modern working practices for Theresa May’s government, will become the chair of the Fair Wo…

New agency chair appointed to crack down on minimum wage underpayment and worker exploitation

Matthew Taylor to lead Government's new Fair Work Agency from April 2026.