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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Kalyeena Makortoff

Unions fear ministers may backtrack on UK worker protection bill

Paul Nowak speaks during a demonstration
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak said it would be ‘utterly shameful’ if the government allows the bill to fall. Photograph: Tejas Sandhu/SOPA/Rex

The government has been urged to protect vulnerable workers amid suggestions that ministers may backtrack on plans to strengthen workplace sexual harassment laws.

The general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Paul Nowak, said it would be “shameful” to drop the worker protection bill due a backlash by Tory politicians, who claim that the new rules will force business owners to run their firms like a “police state”.

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