Unions warn Farage's proposed equal pay law could harm women's earnings by removing equal value protections
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Summary
Nigel Farage's Reform UK has proposed a "women and motherhood protection act" that would supersede the 2010 Equality Act. The Trades Union Congress (TUC) warns this legislation could cost female workers money by removing equal pay protections for work of equal value — jobs that are different but demand comparable skill, effort, and responsibility. The TUC describes the proposal as "shameless and deceptive" and a "smokescreen for slashing women's rights." The policy was announced days before the Makerfield byelection.
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The new policy, which would supersede the 2010 Equality Act, is said by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) to put in doubt the right for equal pay from jobs that are different but demand comparable levels of skill, effort and
A proposal, made by Reform UK days before the Makerfield byelection, to introduce a 'women and motherhood protection act' that it says will restore equality before the law has been described as 'shameless and deceptive'.
General secretary of TUC calls Reform proposal ‘a smokescreen for slashing women’s rights’
