New call for firms to be banned from sacking and re-hiring staff on worse terms | The Scotsman
SNP MP Gavin Newlands has also renewed party calls on the Treasury to extend the financial support measures into 2021, and said cutting back the schemes too early could lead to job losses on a scale not seen since the 1980s.
His Employment (Dismissal and Re-employment) Bill, which has cross-party support from members of every party in Westminster, comes in response to companies including Centrica and British Airways allegedly looking to lay off and then rehire thousands of workers on diminished terms due to the coronavirus pandemic.
