The consultation on being watched at work closes at 11:59pm tonight
The government's consultation on workplace monitoring technologies closes at 11:59pm tonight, Wednesday 30 September 2026. It applies to England, Scotland and Wales.
It covers the tools used to monitor, manage or make decisions relating to workers, and the department says it is seeking views from all parts of society. You do not need to be an employer or a union.
Three ways to respond. The online form, which the department strongly encourages, is linked from the consultation page on gov.uk under the heading Ways to respond. You can also email wmtconsultation@businessandtrade.gov.uk. The postal address is the Employment Rights Directorate, Old Admiralty Building, Admiralty Place, London SW1A 2DY, though post will not arrive in time today.
The consultation document runs to 68 pages. You are not required to answer all of it, and a short answer to one question you know something about is worth more than silence on all of them.
Our Playbook of 22 September set out the four questions where an individual answer counts for most. That guidance still holds and is the fastest way in if you are starting now.
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What can a reader do about being monitored at work, on the last day it is possible?
- Make Work Pay: workplace monitoring technologies. The gov.uk page states the consultation closes at 11:59pm on 30 September 2026, applies to England, Scotland and Wales, seeks views from all parts of society, strongly encourages the online platform, and gives the email and postal address. Document is 68 pages. Read in full on 28 September 2026.
- Own archive: Issue 72, 22 September 2026, Playbook, for the four questions guidance referred to.
- Matt Brazil There is a box on a government form for jobs lost to new technology. We asked how many times it has been ticked and were told to file a request
- Dr. Leah Sandoval Britain's redundancy form has a box for jobs lost to new technology. Employers have been ticking it since December
- Dr. Ines Calderón We asked the government which measure tells it what AI is doing to British jobs. The answer names a voluntary agreement in which firms choose what to share