FIRMS should be closed down if they fail to comply with rules aimed at keeping workers safe, unions demanded today.
The TUC called on the government to take fresh steps to protect people still going into work, and said anyone who feared for their safety should not face punishment or dismissal.
Unions have voiced concerns that many employees who cannot work from home are being exposed to unnecessary Covid-19 risk because their employers are not putting adequate safety measures in place.
Labour must not allow unelected members of the upper house to erode a single provision of the Employment Rights Bill, argues ANDY MCDONALD MP
The Bill addresses some exploitation but leaves trade unions heavily regulated, most workers without collective bargaining coverage, and fails to tackle the balance of power that enables constant mutation of bad practice, write KEITH EWING and LORD JOHN HENDY KC
