MPs warned of undercooked and unworkable elements of the Employment Rights Bill, at key Parliamentary Committee hearing
The government is legislating to tackle what it calls ‘one-sided flexibility in zero-hours contracts’ through a right to guaranteed hours, where the number of hours offered reflects the hours worked by the worker during a reference period. And a right to reasonable notice of shifts and a right to payment for shifts cancelled or curtailed at short notice.
Workers must have a say in avoiding the dangers of AI warns Unite
Following the speech on AI by prime minister Keir Starmer, Unite, the UK’s leading union, that warned that workers must not become the victims of the AI revolution.
