Workers should be “very afraid” of Conservative employment law plans, warns TUC

date: 31 July 2013

embargo: For immediate release

Responding to comments made by Conservative Party Chairman Grants Shapps today (Wednesday), who said that a future Conservative government would make it easier for employers to sack staff, TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said:

'People at work should be very afraid. Rather than bearing down on workplace abuses like the misuse of zero-hours contracts, Mr Shapps reveals that the priority for a Conservative government would be to make it even easier to sack employees.

'Already people have to wait two years - a one year increase - to get protection against unfair dismissal. This adds up to scrapping all protection.'

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