Labour Manifesto 2017
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We will consult with employers<br />
and trade unions on legislating for<br />
statutory bereavement leave, for time<br />
off work after the loss of close family<br />
members. We will also consult on<br />
toughening the law against assaulting<br />
workers who have to enforce laws<br />
such as age-related sales or ticketing<br />
arrangements, and who face regular<br />
abuse.<br />
<strong>Labour</strong> will maintain the ACAS Early<br />
Conciliation System to try to solve<br />
workplace issues efficiently, and we<br />
will protect the current compromise<br />
on Sunday trading hours.<br />
<strong>Labour</strong> will also legislate to permit<br />
secure online and workplace balloting<br />
for industrial action votes and<br />
internal union elections.<br />
Workers in Britain are among<br />
the easiest and cheapest to<br />
make redundant, meaning when<br />
multinational companies are taking<br />
decisions to downsize that British<br />
workers are at a disadvantage. We<br />
will consult with trade unions and<br />
industry on reviewing redundancy<br />
arrangements to bring workers in<br />
Britain more into line with their<br />
European counterparts.<br />
Stagnating incomes have forced<br />
many to take on more debt. <strong>Labour</strong><br />
will introduce a version of Scotland’s<br />
Debt Arrangement Scheme to give<br />
breathing space to households<br />
struggling with high debts.<br />
50 FOR THE MANY NOT THE FEW
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