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We are determined to deliver our Employment Rights Bill - Tory peers in the House of Lords need to let us get on with the job and honour the mandate we were elected on: to Make Work Pay.
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An important and welcome commitment from @DavidLammy.
ET fees would price out workers seeking justice and do nothing to fix the broken Tribunal system the Tories left behind. theguardian.com/money/2025/o…
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Our flagship policy of delivering the biggest upgrade in workers rights for a generation should not be undermined in this way- Labour considering charging workers for employment tribunal claims, sources say | Employment tribunals | The Guardian theguardian.com/money/2025/o…
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Superb submission from @GMB_union to transport select committee. Algorithmic pay transparency is a regulatory must have.
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Lords amendments were cooked up by the Tories and Lib Dems deliberately to weaken the rights in the Bill and undermine Labour's manifesto commitment.
Absolutely correct that they are removed from the Bill, so we can get it passed and get on with implementing it properly, so it makes a real difference to working people.
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Reform: “We speak for the workers.”
Also Reform: Voted against every part of the Employment Rights Bill. 🤨
Voted against:
❌ Ending zero-hour contracts
❌ Banning fire & rehire
❌ Stronger rights for unions.
✍️Add your name: labourunions.org.uk/stop-ref…
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The Employment Rights Bill is proudly pro-business and pro-worker. Today's amendments will:
✅ Expand zero-hours protections to agency workers
✅ Boost sick pay
✅ Level the playing-field by strengthening enforcement
Our plan will Make Work Pay and boost living standards.
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We were back on the picket line at Livv Housing this morning with our general secretary @nowak_paul, Knowsley MP @anneliese_midge and importantly, @NorthWestUNISON and @Unite_NorthWest members
The support is growing - look in todays Mirror for example - and will until they win✊
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🌟 Good Business Fortnight 2025 is here! 🌟
We’re thrilled to kick off Good Business Fortnight —two inspiring weeks dedicated to celebrating and championing responsible business practices across the UK.
📷 Share your stories with us on social media using #GoodBusinessMatters.
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You know who doesn't allow trophies unless everyone gets one in youth sports? Norway.
You know who is excelling at the highest level in sports? Norway.
The "participation trophy" complaints are BS.
We ARE achievement focused in the US in youth sports AND schools. And it doesn't work that well.
Just ask a coach or teacher. Schools are entirely focused on test scores, because that's what their evaluation and funding are tied to.
An excessive focus on achievement generally loses talent. They quit sports and become apathetic and uninterested in school.
Research shows us that a teaching environment that supports and emphasized mastery, where students focused on the process of learning and comprehension instead of a comparison to others is linked to better grades. And more importantly stoking intrinsic motivation and promoting challenge seeking.
It's the same in sports.
It's not that we don't need competition...It's that we already live in a world with a ton of it...and excess comparison. When we add fuel to that fire, it pushes the vast majority of people to fear of failure and avoidance.
Mastery approaches balance out the equation.
So...don't listen to Vivek. Go see what Norway is doing where you can't keep score until age 13...and their motto is "Joy of Sport for All."
They keep more talent in the system, develop intrinsic motivation, and thrive at the elite level.
Our survival of the fittest system loses talent along the way...
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Last night we held our very popular Employment Rights Bill Seminar. Chaired by John Bowers KC with contributions from @cowhoneybourne, @gavinmansfield, @cdavislittleton and Nicholas Siddall KC, together with special insight from @tm_sharp and @TarunTawakley
#LittletonChambers
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NEW | The government has announced a Seafarers’ Charter.
This charter is urgently needed - it will improve security, pay and conditions for thousands of seafarers.
For too long, seafarers have been exposed to hyper-exploitation and a lack of enforceable rights.
This was tested to destruction during the P&O scandal when 800 workers staff were sacked brutally and illegally over Zoom.
This legislation will help level the playing field for good employers.
This announcement is another reminder of why Labour’s Make Work Pay Agenda is so important.
Everybody deserves to be treated fairly at work.
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Despite protestations to the contrary, the British public still think P&O Ferries are a rogue operator, latest poll shows.
@RMTunion
business.yougov.com/content/…
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Looking forward to speaking about employment law enforcement at the @The_TUC organised conference on 5 December.
Come along if you're in London!
You would sign up to the @The_TUC 's Decent Work conference taking place in Congress House in London on December 5. More details here: tuc.zohobackstage.com/Decent…
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A key TUC policy conference on Decent Work is taking place on December 5 in London. Speakers include the chancellor @RachelReevesMP. There will be a chance to take part in workshops and to hear from workers, employers, and leading academics. Sign up here: tuc.zohobackstage.com/Decent…
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BREAKING 🚨 | Conservative and Reform MPs have just voted AGAINST the Employment Rights Bill.
They've voted to stand on the side of exploitation, zero-hours contracts and fire and rehire.
True colours.
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It’s not often I get to speak in Parliament as a Government Whip. So, when I can, I make sure to mention #LewishamNorth as much as possible.
Thankfully, amazing constituents like our Olympian Gold Medallist @Lixsanyee make that easy to do.
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This is how the Labour Government will Make Work Pay 👇
ALT ✅ End to exploitative zero-hour contracts & unscrupulous fire & rehire practices. ✅ Tackling low pay by accounting for cost of living when setting the Minimum Wage & removing discriminatory age bands. ✅ Strengthening statutory sick pay, removing the lower earnings limit for all workers & cutting out the waiting period before sick pay kicks in. ✅ Establishing rights to bereavement & parental leave from day one. ✅ Removing the existing two-year qualifying period for protections from unfair dismissal. ✅ Flexible working made the default where practical. ✅ Protections for pregnant women & new mothers returning to work will be strengthened, including protection from dismissal whilst pregnant, on maternity leave & within six months of returning to work. ✅ A new Fair Work Agency bringing together existing enforcement bodies will be established to enforce rights such as holiday pay & support employers looking for guidance on how to comply with the law.
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Great news and all part of our plan to give workers much more protection- plenty to look out for tomorrow!
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Tim Sharp retweeted
The mass sacking by P&O Ferries was a national scandal which can never be allowed to happen again.
These measures will make sure it doesn’t.
Labour will Make Work Pay.
ALT Graphic with copy LABOUR GOVERNMENT BOOSTS SEAFARERS' RIGHTS AT WORK Providing tough new protections and closing legal loopholes to end unfair fire and rehire practices. Ensuring thousands of seafarers receive National Minimum Wage equivalent from 1 December. Delivering our commitment to make work pay and modernising employment rights for today's economy.