Unions fear ministers may backtrack on UK worker protection bill
by Kalyeena Makortoff from on (#6AMJ4)
Bill is reportedly being dropped - without a credible backup - because of backlash by Tory MPs
The government has been urged to protect vulnerable workers amid suggestions that ministers may backtrack on plans to strengthen workplace sexual harassment laws.
The general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Paul Nowak, said it would be shameful" to drop the worker protection bill due a backlash by Tory politicians, who claim that the new rules will force business owners to run their firms like a police state".
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