#employment-rights-bill

#employment-rights-bill

Leading employment experts and major employers have said there is "nothing to fear" from the Government's Employment Rights Bill, arguing that the reforms will support fairer workplaces, boost productivity and bring the UK closer in line with international employment standards. The comments came during a roundtable held in Parliament on Tuesday 11 November - the same day new figures revealed unemployment had risen to 5%, the highest rate for a decade outside the pandemic period.

disappointing

Keir Starmer has sought to tighten his grip on his government with a wave of junior ministerial changes that has sidelined allies of the unions, raising questions over the future of Labour's workers' rights package. The reshuffle has been used by Downing Street to signal a tougher stance on immigration in an apparent bid to take on Reform UK, with Shabana Mahmood a self-described social conservative rising star now in charge of the Home Office,