Rayner’s rights bill ‘will lead to lower wages for workers’

ANGELA Rayner’s Employment Rights Bill is a “stealth tax” on workers that will lead to lower wages, it is claimed.

- By Jonathan Walker Whitehall Editor

The legislation, to be debated in the House of Lords today, will give employees more rights in the workplace but will cost businesses up to £5billion every year.

Professor Len Shackleton, at the University of Buckingham, said: “Politicians love to announce new employment ‘rights’ because they think employers pay the bill — but that’s an illusion.

“Every mandate, from parental leave to holiday entitlements, acts like a stealth tax that gets passed back to workers through smaller pay rises than they would otherwise receive.”

The professor of economics warned: “The Employment Rights Bill will make this much worse, imposing billions in hidden costs that workers will ultimately bear themselves.