Tory next move to scrap paid worker’s holidays FFS

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Apparently, this is highly likely to happen according to someone I know. He’s been right about a lot of things. I hope he isn’t right about this.

Completely untrue. a) it isn't paid by the Government it's paid by employers so why would they? b) it will make workers poorer, and the Government will have to then support workers more....so why? Makes no sense.

If she doesn’t win I hope this isn’t why.

The party members voted for her despite being a woman in any case.

Because the government will change the law so they don’t have to pay it!

As for why would they? Because they think that paid holiday isn’t an entitlement. They have done a great deal of damage over the last 10+ years which is pretty much irreversible.

What is so surprising? I suspect that it will happen first with new employees - 15 days holiday with the right to ‘buy’ ie not get paid for, up to 5 extra days.

What are you expecting op?

That for a PAYE job someone won’t get the days off paid by employer?

Ot something else not PAYE

The UK has far longer maternity leave than the minimum required by the EU. So I’m not quite sure what happened in your situation.

Bankers bonuses?

They have a problem with not enough people working

So you make them that work work harder and longer then you need fewer staff

They will probably also change national insurance contributions- so all those who have paid full stamp and are in their 50s cutting back on work will be forced back into employment also

It might do now, but mat leave only started in 75 as part of joining the eu and then was improved in the early 90s on a directive from the european commission to bring it up to eu standards. It looks like it carried on improving from then on.

Do all those who say they won't do this because it will make them unpopular think they'll actually put it in the manifesto? I don't think they publicise the fact that they effectively support fire and rehire strategies, but that is a reality. It's also a reality that ideologically, they massively support deregulation and care more about investors and the profits of big businesses than ordinary people so now we are out of the EU, workers rights are only likely to go in one direction unless we stop voting these people in.

But the government wouldn't benefit from cutting holidays, they don't pay it?

Maternity and sick I could see because the Government contribute towards it, but holiday entitlement is paid by the employer?

Theyll actually benefit from the tax revenue generated from the need to have extra staff to cover the leave surely?

It’s not meant to be a vote winner for us, it is meant to put money in the pockets of their donors, who will then give them “consultancies” or some other nonsense but highly paid role when they are booted out in a couple of months.

There is a massive recession coming, probably unavoidably after covid, and they are making sure the rich are as insulated as possible from it.

Completely agree and Tory's wouldn't be in power without the working population

Or in my case you could be deported to the country of your father's birth (where you have never lived and don't speak the language)!

Agree with you both

They are going for the middle earner atm with policies that are attractive to them

PAYE employers are but going to stop paid holidays

But this makes no sense....you are being completely illogical....

If they scrap it Employers will make more profit, employees will become poorer and the Government will have to pay more in benefits. Yes there will be a small amount in corporation tax but not as much as they will have to increase benefits by....

It would make more sense to increase paid holiday....

Protesting is not illegal lol

Rubbish - do you believe everything you are told
I am sure you know some people who think there was no Covid

Protesting in a way that people might notice is effectively illegal though

WTF! Truss has no lead in the poll's, Labour are around 10 pts up on the Tories, she has seen almost no "bounce"

But of course they could reduce hols entitlement, they removed final salary pensions with barely a murmur.

Never under estimate the UK voter 's ability to vote against their own best interests.

Middle earners won’t go for it no matter what pp say

People are protective over time off and holidays

I bet it will be.

@Boreded They won't reduce workers rights in this way? Why not? They've already made it: easier for your employer to fire you; longer until you have job security; difficult and costly to take an employer to an employment tribunal. They also didn't keep their minimum wage promise, raised the age until you can even get the minimum wage, introduced useless apprentiships so rather than an hour of training it now take a year to teach somebody how to make coffee, took away child benefit from those earning over 50k but a couple earning 98k between them can still get it.... No body said anything about this, why would they now? They'll just say we need to do it as British workers are unproductive and coddled, business will leave without a shake up!

And those is just some of the erosion of rights and standards in the UK What about benefit caps, peaceful protests, privatisation of the NHS, reduction of police numbers, council tax rising but services falling, expensive and unreliable public transport...

It'll be painted as a benefit of Brexit.
Along with shit in the sea and bee killing chemicals on the land.
And the Tory press will cheer and cheer.