New workers’ rights plan is anti-business and will harm growth, critics warn

The proposed new law includes a right to guaranteed hours, cracking down on zero-hour contracts without the offer of work, as well as introducing new restrictions on ‘fire-and-rehire’ processes (PA) - (PA Wire)

The Government’s new workers’ rights legislation is anti-business and will undermine economic growth, critics have warned.

Shadow business minister Lord Hunt of Wirral argued that Labour’s 299-page Employment Rights Bill should be called the Unemployment Bill, as it will over-burden companies and reduce hiring.