Employment rights matter and apply to Tech barons as much a anyone else

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, has announced that it is to make around 11,000 people redundant globally, many of those will likely be in the UK.

 

This comes just a week after Twitter announced it was making half of its workforce redundant.

Mike Clancy, General Secretary of Prospect, said:

“Big Tech companies have gone unchecked for too long. The government needs to make clear to Meta that if they are making redundancies in the UK, they must fully comply with UK law and consult employees in a fair and transparent manner.

“This and recent develops at Twitter demonstrate why employment rights matter and that no-one is above the law, including Big Tech barons. Silicon Valley does not trump UK standards when it comes to how people should be treated at work.

“It’s vital when companies embark on a redundancy programme that they engage with their employees, and ideally trade unions, at the earliest opportunity. Handling redundancy properly is simply good practice, not just to protect those who are leaving but to retain the goodwill of those who stay and who will be responsible for delivering your objectives in the future.”