Farage’s plan for equal pay legislation may cost female workers money, say unions
General secretary of TUC calls Reform proposal ‘a smokescreen for slashing women’s rights’
TL;DR
- Reform UK's proposed 'women and motherhood protection act' could undermine equal pay for work of equal value.
- The TUC warns the act would supersede the 2010 Equality Act and could weaken protections for female workers.
- Reform UK claims the act aims to restore equality and extend maternity protection, but critics call it 'shameless and deceptive'.
- The proposal has drawn criticism for potentially reverting to older legislation and for comments made by Reform UK candidate Robert Kenyon.
- Equality groups express concern that the proposal could undo decades of progress in women's rights.