Toughen UK worker rights bill to curb ‘rogue employers’, MPs say

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The British government must tighten its reforms to the rights of employees, “rude employers” will not be able to use the loopholes in the legislation, said the deputies’ nuclear committee on Monday.

Current package as it leaves the main details that are determined by further regulation.

In particular, the ministers must have a clearer law on how to ban the operation of zero hours of time and ensure that all employees will qualify for regular working hours and compensation. He should also have more detailed information on the new rights to organize unions, added.

The Committee also called on the government to speed up the status of employees. A measure that will prevent Bogus self-employment that is not currently included in the project Fair work agency This will make employee rights.

The ministers will publish changes this week Bill of Employment Rights before the next round of the parliamentary process.

Business groups are heavy to mitigate the impact of changes in lobbying in lobbying, which includes a series of reforms that provide employees more safety and promote trade unions.

“We know that business is worried about the growing costs of work,” said Liam Bayran. “But we also evidenced evidence about the abuse of those who are sincerely terrified.”

Committee says it has taken evidence McDonald’s because new requirements have arisen sexual misconduct In his workforce. Had received many complaints about working practice at Evri Company of the Company Delivered; And he heard how encouraged the sports direct chain of the group to leave the previous promises to rely on his agency’s workers.

The Committee’s call for a stricter approach contradicts employers’ requests who are concerned that their warnings on the possible costs of legislation, on top of the approximation of taxes and the minimum wage.

The government’s figures have previously announced that they plan to make some changes to the bill to solve practical concerns, for example, large employers had to teach in different places if they were not connected.

But trade unions have more and more that the material of reforms, including one day, against unfair imprisonment, “fire and transform” tactics in ban on zero hours.

The lobbyists called on the ministers to resist the call, now the call to install the size of more detail.

Matthew Percival, the future of the Central Bank’s working line, said that they want to avoid details. A number of a number could be better determined by a proper dialogue, “adding that” postponing these details for secondary legislation can create time to detect compromises. ”

The Chief Executive Officer of Neil Carberry, Conscription and Employment Confederation, said that the government should “give time to talk and get the right stuff”, not first to run with the electoral deal. “

Now Evre is “proud”, offering his messages to his messengers “greater protection and benefits”, including pensions, vacation and sick payment, adding that the messengers are being investigated.

McDonald’s says that “over the past year, we have done a lot of work in order to have a leading practice of industry” to support “security and then to be operational.”

Frasers group refused to comment.

Additional report to Anna Gross and Madley Speed