Minister defends changes to UK workers’ rights against costs backlash
Key takeaways
- Commuters on their way to work in Manchester city centre.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google Labour’s radical workers’ rights reforms have simply put the UK on a “level playing field” with other big economies, the employment minister, Kate Dearden, has said.
- The government’s Employment Rights Act became law last year, with specific provisions being implemented this year and next.
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Commuters on their way to work in Manchester city centre. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty View image in fullscreen Commuters on their way to work in Manchester city centre. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Employment law Minister defends changes to UK workers’ rights against costs backlash Kate Dearden says reforms such as enhanced sick pay simply bring UK into line with other big economies
Prefer the Guardian on Google Labour’s radical workers’ rights reforms have simply put the UK on a “level playing field” with other big economies, the employment minister, Kate Dearden, has said.
The government’s Employment Rights Act became law last year, with specific provisions being implemented this year and next.