Submitted by cboyd on August 11, 2011 - 14:30
On 7 July, the High Court ruled that Employment Regulation Orders (EROs) agreed by Joint Labour Committes (JLCs) are ‘unconstitutional’. Multi-millionaire fast food chains, notorious for low wages, brought the case.
This decision favours the ‘property rights’ of an elite few over the rights of low-paid workers to decent living standards.
Trade union Mandate’s John Douglas said:
“This is devastating for 200,000 workers.Following increases in gas prices, mortgages and food prices, thousands will be driven over the edge. It won’t create a single extra job.”
Submitted by chrisb on May 10, 2010 - 16:02
Envy Nightclub Owners, Rowan Heath Ltd. put the business into liquidation without paying their employees money owed to them and without paying any redundancy terms.
