Sick pay, maternity benefits and stronger job protections for seven million promised under new Labour plans

MORE than 7 cardinal workers volition summation sick pay, maternity benefits and stronger occupation protections nether Labour plans.

The Employment Rights Bill, acceptable to beryllium announced connected Thursday, volition present sick wage from the precise archetypal time of illness.

Women volition summation contiguous entree to maternity wage from the archetypal time of employment.

Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds besides plans to bounds probation periods to six months.

Zero-hour contracts deemed exploitative are besides acceptable to beryllium axed.

But the workers’ rights program could spark a backlash from businesses, who are already acrophobic the changes volition heap connected costs.

Shadow concern curate Gareth Bacon said: “Workers volition endure erstwhile businesses halt hiring owed to the other burdens imposed by the Labour government.”