Unions, lawyers, and rights groups slam Tory ministers’ decision to reintroduce tribunal fees
CanaryMAR 3 2024
The UK's Labor government has unvailed its new Employment Rights Bill, including employee protections surrounding wages, firing and rehiring policies, paid leave, and cost of living.
If implemented, which could take two years, the law would protect 9M workers from unfair firing; add 30K fathers or partners to paid parental leave and 1.5M to unpaid leave; and weekly sick pay of £116.75 ($153) for up to 28 weeks for those making at least £123 a week.
It would ban zero-hours contracts, with employees allowed to opt into minimum-hours contracts or not; require bosses to allow flexible work schedules; and ban firing and rehiring, which it claims is a "loophole" to replace workers or rehire them on reduced conditions.