Labour MPs Brexit vote of defiance shows how not to manage employees

Yesterday’s House of Commons vote ensured that the short bill granting Government the power to invoke Article 50, taking Britain out of the European Union, will get a second reading.

Although 498 MPs voted for the bill, 114 MPs voted against the Brexit legislation – with many of the MPs voting against the bill’s passage arguing that they were supporting their constituency’s Brexit preference.

Extraordinarily, 47 Labour MPs defied opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn’s three-line whip – the traditional written notice used in Parliament that urges MPs to side with their party in a vote of great importance –  in a show of rebellion.

Experts are divided on how to ensure that employees – or in Corbyn’s case, his MPs – toe the party, or company, line but Alyson Fadil, People Director at Sofology, believes transparency can help.