Following the completion of the Employment Rights Bill’s (ERB) passage through Parliament, Unite the UK’s leading union, is calling for it to be fully implemented without any “further dilution or delay”.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “Finally the Employment Rights Bill has been passed. It now must be implemented without any further dilution or delay.
“Labour needs now to stop being embarrassed by these new laws for workers. The bill had already been watered down far too much, not least the failure to ban fire and rehire and zero hours contracts. This will come as a surprise to workers.
“The UK has the weakest employment rights in Europe, and the new act will barely reset the playing field. Ministers must enact the ERB’s measures in their entirety without any further interruptions.”
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Unite is the UK and Ireland’s leading union fighting to protect and advance jobs, pay and conditions for members working across all sectors of the economy. The general secretary is Sharon Graham.