Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Access to Justice - Jan 11
Thursday, 12 January 2017 08:02
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port and Neston) (Lab): ...What we have
instead is a hire-and-fire culture where workers are seen as
disposable commodities—figures on a spreadsheet—rather than real
people with real lives who matter. For most people in the UK, the
concept of secure employment no longer exists. Even for those who
are lucky enough to avoid the pervasive traps of zero-hours
contracts, agency work, bogus self-employment and the Gig
economy, workplace protections are now so...Request free trial
(Ellesmere Port and Neston)
(Lab): ...What we have instead is a hire-and-fire culture
where workers are seen as disposable commodities—figures on a
spreadsheet—rather than real people with real lives who matter. For
most people in the UK, the concept of secure employment no longer
exists. Even for those who are lucky enough to avoid the pervasive
traps of zero-hours contracts, agency work, bogus self-employment
and the Gig economy, workplace protections are
now so watered down they are virtually worthless. During the
referendum campaign, we saw that telling someone on a zero-hours
contract or in agency work that there is a risk to their job from
Brexit was futile. Until we begin to address these issues and
reinstate the concept of secure employment, we will stand no chance
of rebuilding our fractured society...
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