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Bad bosses were given a rubber stamp to do their worst yesterday as top judges backed the coalition's decision to impose "punitive" fees on wronged workers who dare to seek justice in court.
General union Unison, which brought the case, vowed to press on after it failed to persuade two judges at the High Court in London to quash what it argued was an "unlawful" Con-Dem order imposing a price on workplace justice for the first time.
Announcing their decision to dismiss Unison's judicial review application, Lord Justice Moses and Mr Justice Irwin said the "fundamental flaw in these proceedings is that they are premature and that the evidence at this stage lacks that robustness necessary to overturn the regime."
Labour’s long-promised Act has scraped through the Lords. While the law marks a step forward, its lack of collective rights leaves workers short-changed — and sets the stage for a renewed campaign for an Employment Rights Bill #2, argues TONY BURKE
Employment lawyer ALICE BOWMAN warns ‘day one rights’ include an undefined ‘initial period’ and the zero-hours contract fixes create baffling fixed-term loopholes. If the Bill doesn’t work properly and deliver, Labour is doomed
