Is the FT link the proposal that increases minimum wage from £8.21 to £10.50? I'm not sure you can really call that "deviation from EU standards" because the EU doesn't have a minimum wage. And I'm sure it doesn't really count as "reducing workers' rights", when all you are abolishing is their right to work for low pay.AndrewJB wrote:https://www.ft.com/content/5eb0944e-f67 ... a8fc8f2d65
Oh look. A leaked government document in which they discuss reducing workers rights and environmental regulations. This is less than a week since Johnson promised Labour MPs that he'd not look to do this. Anyone still going to insist that Johnson's casual relationship with honesty is no big deal? Is reduced rights and weakened environmental protections what ordinary working people were thinking of when they voted to take back control?
Another link in case the FT's is tiresome:
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-10-26/eu- ... rs-rights/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I know the Labour party has a strong desire to codify the rights of workers to 20 days' annual leave and 14 weeks' maternity pay; but I'm still at a loss as to why. (Except for the obvious conclusion that they don't think they have a chance of being elected, even if the Conservatives cut holidays etc in half.)