OutByEaster? Posted October 11 Moderator Posted October 11 Was there an announcement this week about a shake up of labour laws? I thought I read something abut that being about to happen but then haven't seen anything.
bickster Posted October 11 Moderator Posted October 11 2 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: Was there an announcement this week about a shake up of labour laws? I thought I read something abut that being about to happen but then haven't seen anything. Bill announced yesterday. BBC reporting was dreadful... Headline: Zero Hours contracts to be scrapped BBC News: first person interviewed "I'm on a zero hours contract that I'm happy with it suits me" Factcheck: Headline should be... Zero Hours contracts to be scrapped for those that don't want to be on them. Gov.uk Quote Legislation introduced in Parliament to upgrade workers’ rights across the UK, tackle poor working conditions and benefit businesses and workers alike Ahead of International Investment Summit, government reveals landmark reforms in under 100 days to boost pay and productivity, showing the benefits of a ‘pro-business, pro-worker’ approach New balance for early months of a job at heart of pragmatic reforms to help drive growth in the economy and support more people into secure work Employment Rights Bill will end exploitative zero-hour contracts and unscrupulous fire and rehire practices, while establishing rights to bereavement and parental leave from day one 1 1
LondonLax Posted October 11 Posted October 11 15 minutes ago, bickster said: Bill announced yesterday. BBC reporting was dreadful... Headline: Zero Hours contracts to be scrapped BBC News: first person interviewed "I'm on a zero hours contract that I'm happy with it suits me" Factcheck: Headline should be... Zero Hours contracts to be scrapped for those that don't want to be on them. Gov.uk How will that work in practice? Surely an employer will say something like: “Well we can’t afford to convert you all to fixed time contracts if the work is not there so we will have to let you go….unless you want to stay on a zero hours contract?” 1
chrisp65 Posted October 11 Posted October 11 The reporting of it was so skewed. The detail isn’t there to comment on. But plenty of businesses happy to be vox popped saying it’ll possibly close them down or cause prices to rise or mean they can’t employ younger workers. Same as the legislation around stopping having 2 years where you can sack for no good reason, apparently that will also stop businesses hiring. Same as being allowed stat sick pay 3 days earlier, apparently that will close businesses down. I’m getting close to not being able to listen to the BBC, I’ve listened for years, even if in a ‘know your enemy’ sort of way. But the last few weeks it’s been like Liz Truss is now the script writer for Radio 4. A level of criticism of government policy I haven’t heard on there for a decade. 1
Davkaus Posted October 11 Posted October 11 6 hours ago, LondonLax said: How will that work in practice? Surely an employer will say something like: “Well we can’t afford to convert you all to fixed time contracts if the work is not there so we will have to let you go….unless you want to stay on a zero hours contract?” Yup, giving freedom of choice to an employment "right" is a farce, the negotiation between an employer and employee is rarely a fair one. This will go much the same as the way that one of the very first things many employees did when starting a new job was 'voluntarily' sign the waiver to the working time directive
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