10 ways employers are undermining workers rights

Unscrupulous employers are finding their ways around worker’s rights, denying employees sick pay, suggesting pregnant staff cut their hours and telling workers to go self-employed to keep their jobs.

That’s according to Citizens Advice, who found that uncertainties within employment contracts have left workers unsure about the rights they are entitled to.

Last month, the charity found that half of those on zero-hour contracts and two in five temporary workers believed they weren’t entitled to holiday pay – Ekklesia reports.

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Citizens Advice has identified ten egregious reasons employers are giving to undermine employee’s rights, with examples including asking workers to pay for their own national insurance and claiming that a worker’s disability means they should be paid less.