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Workers’ rights bill will bring havoc to UK economy, say small businesses

The Times & The Sunday Times
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64% Informative

The Federation of Small Businesses said its members were dreading’ the Employment Rights Bill .

It includes proposals to expand the grounds for unfair dismissal and for expanded access to sick pay.

Two thirds of small companies said the plans would make them curb hiring.

One third said they planned to reduce the number of staff they had before the measures were introduced.

VR Score

72

Informative language

73

Neutral language

33

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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