Comments on: The Workers Act 2023: What does it mean in practice? https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/the-workers-act-2023-what-does-it-mean-in-practice/ Legal news, insider insight and careers advice Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6 By: realist https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/the-workers-act-2023-what-does-it-mean-in-practice/#comment-1183795 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 15:23:18 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?post_type=lc-journal-posts&p=199479#comment-1183795 In reply to Alex.

Strained to say there is meaningful consent in a society where working is a necessity for survival. There is no requirement to spend all your money on a flashy car, or to drink alcohol at all, to survive. They are genuinely consensual choices. Do you really think an 18 year old is ‘striking a bargain’ with a supermarket like Tesco?

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By: George https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/the-workers-act-2023-what-does-it-mean-in-practice/#comment-1183788 Thu, 04 Jan 2024 13:37:46 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?post_type=lc-journal-posts&p=199479#comment-1183788 Very informative article, thank you for the analysis!

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By: Alex https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/the-workers-act-2023-what-does-it-mean-in-practice/#comment-1183731 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 19:55:25 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?post_type=lc-journal-posts&p=199479#comment-1183731 In reply to realist.

The continual desire to interfere with the bargain struck between worker and employer is bizarre. The government lets you gamble away your entire capital, spend all your money on a flash car, drink yourself to death, but heaven forfend you should be required to stick to your agteement when you get a job.

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By: realist https://www.legalcheek.com/lc-journal-posts/the-workers-act-2023-what-does-it-mean-in-practice/#comment-1183718 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 12:59:45 +0000 https://www.legalcheek.com/?post_type=lc-journal-posts&p=199479#comment-1183718 Difficult to imagine that, considering the ET’s general refusal to intervene where businesses exercise their commercial discretion, that this legislation is anything more than an attempt to appease to workers with very little practical implications.

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