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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Jacob Rees-Mogg to tear up workers’ rights in smaller firms to make economy ‘dynamic’

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Workers will be stripped of rights in firms with fewer than 500 staff, under Liz Truss’s plans to exploit Brexit to create a more “dynamic” economy.

A shock move to lift the threshold for businesses exempt from regulations from 50 to 500 workers – and possibly 1,000 employees – has raised the alarm over a bonfire of protections.

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