Employment Rights Bill risks ‘backfiring’, warn British retailers

British retailers have warned that the Government’s refusal to adopt Lords’ amendments to the Employment Rights Bill could undermine its own policy goals, risking job losses and eroding workplace flexibility in one of the country’s largest private sectors. Lords’ changes rejected amid political push The Employment Rights Bill, a flagship Labour reform, is designed to clamp down on exploitative practices such as zero-hours contracts and to expand protections around unfair dismissal, flexible working and p ...