The Feminist Future of Work
The Employment Rights Bill and the impact on women's working lives
Press Release
A new briefing launched today by the WBG at Labour Party Conference 2024 shows women have most to benefit from new workers’ rights laws
A new briefing launched today by the Women’s Budget Group at Labour Party Conference 2024 shows women have most to benefit from new workers’ rights laws:
“Women are still the majority of workers in low paid or precarious work in our economy. They have the most to benefit from new workers’ rights laws pledged by the new Government. If delivered in full as originally promised, these new provisions have the potential to reduce the gender pay gap and economic inactivity, growing the economy over time. They can help build a feminist future of work where every woman is paid fairly, can work flexibly but with security and is free from discrimination or injustice.”
“But the Government must go further to genuinely improve women’s working lives and address the impact of unpaid care work and lack of access to justice. To deliver a feminist future of work the Bill must stay true to Labour’s original proposals including introducing a full consultation on parental leave and it must extend its provisions to self-employed women. The Government will also need to reform and invest in our early education and childcare and social care systems as well as restoring access to legal aid.”
WBG argues that Labour’s Employment Rights Bill, announced at the King’s Speech 2024, has the potential to help reduce the gender pay gap over time and build a feminist future of work:
WBG is calling on the Government to go further on a number of reforms to reduce the gender pay gap and increase gender equality in the long term:
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WBG spokespeople are available for interviews including at Labour Party Conference.
Please contact
Viktoria Szczypior, Press and Media Officer at WBG at press@wbg.org.uk / 07553663144 or Erin Mansell, Head of Communications and Public Affairs at Erin.Mansell@wbg.org.uk / 07799116631
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The Employment Rights Bill and the impact on women's working lives