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Weak labour law linked to Britain's Covid death rate, experts warn at Institute of Employment Rights TUC fringe meeting
Rows of graves have been prepared by mechanical diggers in Sixmile Cemetery in Antrim town as the Covid-19 death toll continues to rise
THE “lamentable” state of workplace rights in Britain is directly responsible for the devastating impact of Covid-19, panellists warned at a TUC fringe meeting on Monday night.
Professor Keith Ewing told the Institute of Employment Rights/Campaign for Trade Union Freedom meeting: “It is no coincidence that we have one of the worst health outcomes in the developed world and one of the most highly deregulated labour law systems.”
He said that coronavirus had exposed the failure of government to guarantee secure incomes, safe working or even the inspection and enforcement of what rights do exist, leading to “wage theft on an industrial scale” in the Leicester garment industry which also became a virus hotspot.
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