nerd Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 it looks like there is already some controversy brewing over the moderation of the your freedom site - I just randomly clicked a load of suggestions to see what people had to say and some of the suggestions had been blocked so you could not rate them or comment on them...hmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 The equal pay act could be strengthened to include agency workers doing the same jobs as permanent staff. Laws protecting workers from harassment could be strengthened. We should introduce the possibility of imprisonment for negligence leading to corporate manslaughter, something that would help workers and reduce costs on the state from dealing with the long term consequences of accidents at work. Whistleblowing legislation needs strengthening, as do the rules on flexible working. They should ban zero hour contracts. this is typical wanting to introduce even more laws restricting and infering in people trying to run their own businesses. We've had blair, brown and their cronies introducing new hundreds of new and ill thought through laws for the past 13 years - they've asked us for our opinions on which ones to get rid of - and you want to introduce more laws restricting people's freedoms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I just think if a companies work force do not want to work they are free to withdraw their labour. In such instances the company should be allowed to take on new people who are prepared to do the work. So companies would soon be cutting pay and conditions and workers would have no rights in the work place. Wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJeremy Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 So companies would soon be cutting pay and conditions and workers would have no rights in the work place. Wonderful Why would employers want to lose good, hard-working, reliable employees? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 So companies would soon be cutting pay and conditions and workers would have no rights in the work place. Wonderful They would always retain the right to go and work for someone else offering more pay. Assuming, that is, that they have the skills and attitude that will have employers wanting them in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Apparently, the majority of input from the public has been not to suggest laws that they want repealed, but to suggest new laws they want introduced. There was an article about this in the Times yesterday - to which I cannot link since the Times website is now pay-only. Perhaps you'll find a look at the site itself to be enlightening? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 this is typical wanting to introduce even more laws restricting and infering in people trying to run their own businesses. We've had blair, brown and their cronies introducing new hundreds of new and ill thought through laws for the past 13 years - they've asked us for our opinions on which ones to get rid of - and you want to introduce more laws restricting people's freedoms. You really don't like democracy do you? The exclusion of the law that prevents employers being criminally liable for their decisions. Would be removal of a law, or at least the simplificiation of the law by the removal of an exemption. Workers have every right to demand a meaningful contract with an employer that provides them same protections as other workers against exploitation. The invention of zero hours contracts and their expansion runs contrary to all the legal protections workers have, it is the exploitation of a loophole that should be closed. Employer's rights to prevent worker's talking about their working conditions is a right that interferes with a legitimate need for freedom of expression and honesty about what is going on in the workplace. Employer's should welcome the ruling unless they have something to hide, in which case it is better for other employer's, as well as staff that the information is out in the open. Employer's have far to many rights, whilst we are scrapping laws we should get rid of some of their exemptions from the law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Employer's have far to many rights, whilst we are scrapping laws we should get rid of some of their exemptions from the law. That's not been my experience. Can you provide some convincing citations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibertyBell Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 militant public service unions :hihi: Oh god, stop it. You're killing me. Which ones are "militant"? Unison and Unite certainly aren't, and they are the two biggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 That's not been my experience. Can you provide some convincing citations? I did do. What rights do people have on zero hour contracts? pretty much bugger all..... redundancy? if they don't like your accent or your hair cut, the contract comes to an end no redundancy, no unfair dismissal just no work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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