Six of Britain’s biggest employer groups fear compromise deal brokered with bosses and union leaders at risk
Britain’s biggest business groups have urged Conservative peers to stop blocking Labour’s landmark workers’ rights bill in the House of Lords to avoid throwing away a compromise deal reached with trade unions.
With the clock ticking before Christmas, six of the country’s biggest employers’ groups warned that failure to pass the legislation before parliament rises on Thursday could put at risk a deal brokered with bosses and union leaders.
In a letter to the business secretary, Peter Kyle, the employers’ groups – the Confederation of British Industry, the British Chambers of Commerce, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, the Federation of Small Businesses, the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, and Small Business Britain – wrote: “Now is the time for parliament to pass the bill.”
Labour staged a U-turn last month to ditch a key manifesto pledge guaranteeing workers protection against unfair dismissal from day one of employment, instead of the current two-year waiting period.
In a deal with most trade union leaders, ministers tabled a six-month period as a compromise – despite the climbdown triggering backbench anger among some Labour MPs who accused Keir Starmer’s government of betrayal.
However, peers voted down the bill for a fourth consecutive time, imposing amendments tabled by Tory peers protesting against a concession made as part of...
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