The Government has been praised for its record on jobs after a new report said working life in Britain was "significantly better" after a decade of Labour power.
The Work Foundation said most new jobs created between 1997 and 2006 were permanent and full time - contrary to predictions about the rise of temporary, insecure work made in the 1990s.
The Government had re-regulated the labour market without any credible evidence of damage to economic performance, while unemployment had remained relatively low, said the report.
Reforms such as the national minimum wage, flexible working rights and information and consultation arrangements have offered a means of redress for employees, said the foundation.
David Coats, associate director of policy at the Work Foundation and one of the authors of the report, said: "Work is one area of policy where Tony Blair's administrations have not only been extremely active over the last decade, but in which that activity has been for the better.
"The Government has legislated to give workers a means of redress against some of the excesses of flexible labour markets - often in the face of resistance from employers - while simultaneously maintaining the dynamism of the economy."
