Labour's Ian Lavery urges government to crackdown on bosses ‘immorally’ using job retention scheme
Labour chairman Ian Lavery
A LOOPHOLE allowing employers to sack workers and rehire them on worse pay and conditions during the coronavirus crisis must be closed immediately, Labour’s Ian Lavery said today.
The Wansbeck MP and former Labour Party chair tabled an early day motion (EDM) called the “Immoral Use of Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme” (CJRS).
It notes that 1.1 million employers and 9.2m jobs are being supported by the scheme as of 21 June, to the cost of £22.9 billion to the taxpayer.
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