The Caithness Business Index has posted the following article:

New employment protections will improve workers' wellbeing, but won't make any difference to economic growth

[IMG]//caithness-business.co.uk/image_cache/na27867_tn.jpg[/IMG] The Employment Rights Bill making its way through Parliament is a big deal for low-paid workers, but will have a negligible impact on the economy, contrary to what its supporters and critics claim, according to new Resolution Foundation research published on Thursday. With the share of (hourly) low paid workers across Britain having fallen from a fifth of the workforce to just 3.5 per cent due to the minimum wage being ramped up in recent decades. [Read Full Article]