FIRE AND REHIRE
Every day, workers across Britain are being threatened with being fired and rehired under worse terms and conditions for basically the same job.
Unreasonable employers use this tactic to force staff to accept lower wages, different hours or changes in working life. In many other countries this is often against the law. On 16 June 2021 Barry Gardiner's Private Member's Bill, called the Employment and Trade Union Rights (Dismissal and Re-engagement), was introduced in Parliament to outlaw this practice in the UK. The Bill was ultimately blocked by the Tory government, even though numerous ministers claimed to oppose fire and rehire and to be committed to outlawing it.
Now, in 2022, Lord Tony Woodley, the former Unite general secretary, has reintroduced the Bill. So we still need your help and support to make sure it finally becomes law.
FACTS
FIRE AND REHIRE has existed for years, but never like now. Today thousands of workers across the country are affected in all industries, large and small. Workers at Heathrow Airport, British Airways and Centrica have all been threatened. Care workers at the St Monica Trust in the South West are currently fighting against their employer's attempts to force them to sign new, detrimental contracts that will result in them losing thousands of pounds a year in pay. One national retailer is telling workers they must make bigger pension contributions and lose four days’ holiday a year. But it does not end there, the employers are also trying to lower death-in-service payments, reduce car allowances and cut other benefits. All this hits families and their communities hard, especially during the worst cost of living crisis in decades.
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