Bill is likely to include measures such as ending ‘exploitative’ zero-hours contracts and changes to sick payBusiness live – latest updatesUK politics live – latest updatesThe boss of Tesco has called on the UK government to work with business to ensure new legislation to improve workers rights also increases productivity and growth as the retailer revealed better-than-expected profits.Ken Murphy, the chief executive of the UK’s biggest supermarket, said he was keen to use a planned consultation on the wide-ranging employment rights bill, announced by the government in the king’s speech in July, to “make sure that whatever the government decides to put forward has the intended consequence of stimulating productivity and growth and protecting workers at the same time”. Continue reading…
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Author : Sarah Butler
Publish date : 2024-10-03 09:18:29
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Tesco boss says new workers’ rights laws must not hurt growth
