Workers got a rights boost in the UKLandmark employment laws passed the UK’s House of Lords this week, heralding what Unison – a union representing public sector employees – hailed as “a bright new era for workers’ rights in Britain”. The Employment Rights Bill is set to be enshrined in law within days. Measures include curbs on exploitative zero hours contracts, day-one sick pay and better protections for new mothers and expectant women. But the bill has now finally become an act and workers at last have something to celebrate.”The UK prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said the bill was the “biggest upgrade to workers’ rights in a generation”. The opposition Conservative party said that it would heap more costs on businesses and suppress an already weakening labour market.