The Employment Bill was notably absent from the Queen's Speech, yet the government promised to go ahead with plans to crack down on public dissent.
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Govt ditches workers’ rights; prioritises crackdown on public dissent
In the Queen's Speech last week, the Employment Bill - promised by the Johnson administration since 2019 - was notably absent. Yet, the government found space in the Parliamentary schedule to suppress public dissent through the Policing Bill and new rules on Judicial Review.
This approach is made all the more extraordinary by the impact of the pandemic on the world of work and the public uproar at exploitative tactics such as fire and rehire.
It also comes as new research found a culture of long working hours is killing hundreds of thousands of people across the globe, and World Health Organisation researchers think the problem has been made worse by the pandemic.
Spain, meanwhile, has hit back at some of the most exploitative firms by forcing so-called 'gig' employers to hire their workers onto traditional contracts and allow unions access to the algorithms they use to monitor staff.
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