You do realise what David Cameron means when he says he wants to re-negotiate our membership of the European Union, don’t you? For a start, he means he wants to abolish laws that protect the human rights your ancestors fought tooth and nail to win for you. He won’t make any deals in your interest. That’s not in his nature. If he gets his way, you could lose the right to: Written terms and conditions of work, and a job description – and the right to the same terms and conditions if transferred to a different employer. Four weeks’ paid leave from work per year. Not be sacked for being pregnant, or for taking time off for ante-natal appointments. Come back to work after maternity leave, on the same pay, terms and conditions as before the leave started. Health and safety protection for pregnant women, new and breastfeeding mothers. Parental leave. Equal treatment for workers employed through an agency. Tea and lunch breaks during the working day for anyone working six hours or more One day off per week. Time off for urgent family reasons. In addition, Cameron could relieve employeers of the legal obligation to ensure the health and safety of their workers, including undertaking risk assessments, acting to minimise risks, informing workers of risks, and consulting on health and safety with employees and their representatives. In his cost-cutting brave new Britain you’d just have to take your chances. Health and safety representatives from trade unions could lose the right to ask employers to make changes in order to protect workers’ health and safety, and they would lose their protection against unfair treatment by their employer for carrying out their duties in relation to this. Click the article to read the rest
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:22:36 +0000
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