FT – Business faces £5bn a year bill while bedding in new workers’ rights rules
The FT says the changes could cost business £5bn a year. The reforms, which include the employment rights bill, include a ban on zero-hours contracts and measures to give unions access to workplaces. The British Chambers of Commerce is quoted by the paper warning that companies risk being “buried under a mountain of additional cost.”
Gold price rises makes the front page as the paper reports the buying of the precious metal reflects rising interest in alternatives to the dollar-based financial system
