Sunak faces backbench revolt over 'draconian' new law allowing workers to sue bosses over offensive customers

  • 📰 LBCNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 29 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 15%
  • Publisher: 59%

United Kingdom Headlines News

United Kingdom Latest News,United Kingdom Headlines

'Draconian' new laws that will allow workers, including bar staff and doctors, to take legal action against their boss if a member of the public offends them at work have sparked a backlash from Tory backbench MPs.

The Worker Protection Bill, which is close to becoming law, will mean bar staff to sue landlords if a drunk punter insults them, and medics to launch action against the NHS if they're offended by a patient, The Telegraph reports.

But while there is broad support for a separate clause in the Bill which brings in a requirement for employers to prevent the sexual harassment of employees, senior Tories have voiced concern that the proposed legislation in its current form goes beyond its calling, and will result in a wave of litigation and mean business owners are forced to run their firms like a “police state”.

Tory MPs reportedly accused the Government of “taking their eye off the ball” by backing the “mad” Private Member’s Bill, which is set to become law within weeks.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

April fools has been and gone... This isn't real surely... Is it? 😅

Hopefully this will be covered by business insurance.

Oh, no, employers need to care about their employees' rights and safety ohhhh dear, what are we to do. Won't somebody please think of the poor business owners who have to care about their business.

How about us? We are totally offended by the MPs in this government, what can we do?

What about a law that protects workers allowing them to talk and treat members of the public the same way they are spoken or treated without any comeback from coward woke public that run crying when they have been treated equally?

Absurd

I have contacted the human rights lawyers to take out a law suit concerning the English people's and the medias treatment of our servicemen in favour of terrorists, illegal rape gangs, robbers, terrorist and killers entering the UK

You're making it up

Does that mean I can take legal action against the government for being offended in the classroom?

Nobody goes to work to be offended.

Well of course it has. They are totally misrepresenting what the bill proposes to get their 'anti-woke' followers angry about things that don't exist. It part of the straw man strategy. It proposes to stop actual harassment, not offence. Tories hate workers having rights.

Pathetic law, if people are offended by hurty words then retail/hospitality not for them

Considering a pint now costs the best part of a tenner, I feel somewhat entitled to blurt 'How fucking much?!?' occasionally.

We’re turning into a nanny state more and more each year

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 75. in UK

United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Rishi Sunak’s finances fuel Tory fears that voters think Prime Minister is ‘out of touch'Stories about the Prime Minister’s wealth “just reinforces that he is out of touch and does not connect with people,” a Tory ex-minister said singharj reports stuchburyrobin singharj What this guy?
Source: i newspaper - 🏆 8. / 89 Read more »

George Osborne Says There Is 'No Prospect' of Boris Johnson Becoming PM AgainThe former chancellor says the internal rebellion in the Tory Party 'has ended'. KevinASchofield 🤣🤣🤣
Source: HuffPostUK - 🏆 108. / 51 Read more »

Levelling Up ‘defined by left-leaning politicians’, says Notts MPMPs are urging Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove to speed up the handover of powers
Source: nottslive - 🏆 96. / 52 Read more »

Tory MSP refuses to deny that party is urging supporters to vote LabourShadow education secretary and central Scotland MSP Stephen Kerr said the Scottish electorate 'know how to vote to get rid of this nationalist government'. The Better Together bandwagon has got its wheels back on it seems.. Surely the electorate aren’t going to get fooled with these charlatans again 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ Whoooah. Don't give Falkirk a bad name. He didn't get a seat there... list MSP if you please 😵‍💫 Why not? 💪🇬🇧
Source: Daily_Record - 🏆 9. / 89 Read more »

Journalist Torpedoes Tory Claims That Brexit Is Not To Blame For Dover ChaosSimon Calder said the French authorities are doing what 'we asked them to do' after the UK left the EU.
Source: HuffPostUK - 🏆 108. / 51 Read more »