The BEIS committee heard evidence that a company can expect to be inspected by the National Minimum Wage team on average once every 500 years.
A cross party group of MPs has called on the government to create a workers rights watchdog after finding labour protections are poorly enforced.
Following evidence gathering sessions with bosses of companies including P&O and Amazon, trades unions and business representatives the multi-party committee has published its report on the UK labour market. Such a body had already been promised by the government in 2019 but BEIS committee chair and Labour MP Darren Jones said the government"really must get a move on".
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