Labour BIS Team · @LabourBIS
23rd Oct 2014 from TwitLonger
.@ChukaUmunna response to @Smith_Institute #BetterWork report out today
Chuka Umunna MP, Labour’s Shadow Business Secretary, responding to the Smith Institute inquiry into Making Work Better, said:
“This report is right to highlight the problems of low pay and insecurity in the UK. In the last four years the Tory-led Government has attacked people’s rights at work and we’ve seen a rising tide of insecurity with more than 1.3 million people working part-time because they cannot find full-time work, while zero-hours contracts are fast becoming the norm in parts of our economy.
“The report sets out important issues that any future government would have to address, and that’s why I’ve asked Douglas McCormick, Lord John Monks and Alison Downie to do further work examining the changed nature of work in 21st century Britain, and the path to a more productive economy.”
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Note to Editors:
1. The final report of the Smith Institute’s ‘Making Work Better’ inquiry on the world of work is being launched today (Thursday 23 October 2014). The report is the product of a six month inquiry on the world of work, led by Ed Sweeney, the former chair of the Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service: http://www.smith-institute.org.uk/
2. Douglas McCormick was until recently managing director for Atkins' UK rail business. He is a Director of the National Skills Academy for Railway Engineering, a member of the Rail Sector Advisory Group and a Commissioner for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
Lord John Monks is President of the Involvement and Partnership Association (IPA) and was previously the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and the European Trade Union Confederation.
Alison Downie heads the Employment Department at Goodman Derrick LLP, specialising in the full range of employment and discrimination law and related contract matters.