UK bill giving millions workers’ rights from day one to be tabled next week – report

Workers’ representatives have welcomed UK government plans to give greater rights to millions, amid reports ministers are about to bring forward a bill to grant sick pay, ­maternity pay and protection against unfair ­dismissal from an employee’s first day in the job.Ministers have set themselves an ambitious timetable to introduce a law to deliver a “once-in-a-generation” overhaul of employment rights within 100 days of taking office, and it is reported a bill will be brought forward next week to start that process.“We’re expecting that this bill is going to be part of the government’s positive and ambitious plan to make work pay and that that is going to boost incomes and raise living standards across the UK,” said the Trades Union Congress’s head of employment, Nicola Smith.“We have to wait and see the content of the bill when it’s published, but we think it is going to be a crucial first step to delivering better quality jobs across the country.”Reports…