e. Collect and publish annual data regarding the employment of disabled people. f. Reinitiate/refresh the review of the Minimum Wages Exemption permit system and implement any recommended reforms that are designed to ensure that the rights of disabled employees are upheld and protected at all times. g. Align all employment legislation with international standards as regards the employment of young people aged under 18. h. Develop specific legislation and policy to prevent and combat modern slavery practices, including the introduction of mandatory supply chain reporting. i. Align all domestic laws, policies and practices with international best practices under the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Right to Social Security ICESCR Arts: 9 | 11 LOIPR Paras: 7 | 18 SDGs: 1 | 10 80. The Government’s Support for Children in Hardship Bill introduced a $25 per week increase to the parent payment and youth parent payment social security benefit, the first increase to core benefit rates in 43 years. However, the increase is relatively incremental and does not restore base incomes to pre-1991 levels (adjusted for inflation).93 The Bill also introduced more onerous work testing requirements for parents which further toughen the strict sanctions regime introduced by the 2012 reforms to social security legislation.94 The new Government has announced that it will review the welfare system, including impact of the sanctions regime on children of beneficiaries. 81. Despite the Committee’s 2012 recommendation for an independent evaluation of the gendered impact of welfare reforms, there is little publicly available information on the use and impact of sanctions or on the overall impact of welfare changes on women. Under s70A of the Social Security Act 1964 benefit sanctions may also be applied to sole parents who refuse to name the other parent. Recent figures obtained by the media indicate that one in five of those in receipt of the single parent benefit have been sanctioned in this way.95 Further media enquiries have raised issues around a lack of evidence of the effectiveness of such sanctions.96 26