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TUC publishes plan to ‘significantly upgrade’ workers' rights
Junior doctors protest opposite Downing Street, London, during their continuing dispute over pay, June 27, 2024

THE TUC published its five-point plan to give employment rights  a “significant upgrade” today — and accused bosses of a widespread failure to honour even basic rights at work.

New rights promised by Labour will mean little if not upheld, and Britain’s enforcement system is woefully underresourced, a new expert report for the union body warns.

TUC senior policy officer and report author Tim Sharp said: “The new government was elected on a platform that included making the minimum wage a living wage, basic individual rights from day one and expanded family-friendly working.

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