Labour defends workers’ rights overhaul after businesses brand it ‘clumsy and chaotic’

Alison McGovern said the new legislation will be a boost to young workers (Picture: Rex/Getty)Labour’s Employment Minister has backed the government’s major new push for employment rights after the Bill came under fire from unions and businesses.The Employment Rights Bill is being unveiled in Parliament today, forming the centrepiece of the party’s manifesto pledge to ‘make work pay’.Among other commitments, the current version of the legislation would give workers