Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is on the morning round arguing that dropping ‘day one’ dismissal protections is not a breach of the Labour manifesto. A decision reached yesterday after months of government insistence that the Employment Rights Bill would not be watered down…
On Sky News Phillipson said “there was the very real prospect that unless that discussion had taken place and a pragmatic approach was reached that there would be a years delay.” An acknowledgement of the strong work of the House of Lords to deal with the worst parts of the bill…
Asked if a manifesto promise was broken, Phillipson said:
“In the manifesto what we said was that we would work with trade unions with business with civil society in consulting on those protections that we’d be bringing forward. So there are both parts to that within the manifesto the important rights and the consultation. We’ve done that.”
That is a creative interpretation of the manifesto, which said:
“Labour will stop the chaos and turn the page to create a partnership between business and trade unions, by implementing ‘Labour’s Plan to Make Work Pay: Delivering a New Deal for Working People’ in full – introducing legislation within 100 days. We will consult fully with businesses, workers, and civil society on how to put our plans into practice before legislation is passed. This will include banning exploitative zero hours contracts; ending fire and rehire; and introducing basic rights from day one to parental leave, sick pay, and protection from unfair dismissal. We will strengthen the collective voice of workers, including through their trade unions, and create a Single Enforcement Body to ensure employment rights are upheld. These changes will improve the lives of working people across the entire UK.”
Manifestos are pointless anyway…
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