Govt: Workers rights compromise agreed by unions & business

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Secretary of State for Business and Trade Peter Kyle says that unions and employers have "come to a compromise" over the day one rights that workers will have as part of the government's Workers Rights Bill, following 'dilligent and persistent' talks. Report by Ketchs. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00What I'm announcing today is that unions and employers have been coming together this week

00:05to tackle an issue which has been really quite difficult through the process of the workers' rights bill.

00:10We have announced as part of our manifesto that we would have day one rights

00:13and many of those rights remain in place.

00:16So sick pay and paternity leave, for example, will remain after the bill goes through Parliament as day one rights.

00:22But employers said that they had difficulty with having day one rights

00:26for access to tribunals for unfair dismissal.

00:30And this has been something which has been part of a very heated debate

00:33and a very passionate debate by the employers.

00:36What's happened this week is that employers and unions have come together

00:39and it's been a difficult process.

00:42But here in this office for the Department for Business and Trade,

00:46they have diligently and they have persistently come together to go through all of the issues

00:50and come to a compromise.

00:51And it is a total credit to both sides of this discussion and this debate

00:57that they have come to a compromise where, after six months,

01:02tribunal rights will kick in for unfair dismissal.

01:06So that is coming down from two years to six months,

01:10which is a big concession for employers in this country.

01:12And it is moving from day one to six months, which is a big concession for the unions.

01:18This is a really important sign of how this government seeks to move forward,

01:23bringing people together, bringing unions and bringing employees together

01:28with employers so that we can have a way forward.

01:31Let's go.

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