Burnham put cost of living as his highest priority, then this is the kind of measures he comes out with. If you think more red tape and bureaucracy is going to help then I've got nothing.
The opposite to bureaucracy is allowing them to approach hiring however they see fit.
Mandatory Gender Pay Gap Reporting (Conservative Party 2017)
Pay Transparency Pilot (Conservative Party 2022) - (Participating employers only) list salary ranges on all job adverts and stop asking applicants for their salary history during recruitment
This political timeline is the worst.