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UK Law Reference
All sections of Employment Rights Act 2025
2025 c. 36, s.119

Section 119 — Power to request LME undertaking

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2026-04-07

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) This section applies where the Secretary of State believes that a person has committed, or is committing, a labour market offence (see section 151).

(2) The Secretary of State may give a notice to the person—

(a) identifying the labour market offence which the Secretary of State believes has been or is being committed;

(b) giving the Secretary of State’s reasons for the belief;

(c) inviting the person to give the Secretary of State a labour market enforcement undertaking in the form attached to the notice.

(3) A labour market enforcement undertaking (an “LME undertaking”) is an undertaking by the person giving it (the “subject”) to comply with any prohibitions, restrictions and requirements set out in the undertaking (as to which, see section 120).