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A BID to abolish insecure work and plug legal loopholes used to exploit of gig economy workers is set to be debated in the House of Lords today.
The Status of Workers Bill, introduced by Labour peer and Institute of Employment Rights (IER) chair John Hendy QC, aims to end anomalies that allow employers to duck tax and employment law obligations.
As the law stands, only workers classed as employees are covered by Britain’s limited employment protections.
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE
Labour’s watered-down legislation won’t protect us from unfair dismissal or ban some zero-hours contracts until 2027 — leaving millions of young people vulnerable to the populist right’s appeal, warns TUC young workers chair FRASER MCGUIRE
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP