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What do you reckon lads, The Tories showing their true colours and contempt for the working man and his “rights”?
Is a Venture Capitalist the correct person to be making these reports ?
I do not think 240,000 claims from a working population of 30 million (estimate) is that high
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By Christopher Hope and Robert Winnett
6:10AM BST 26 Oct 2011
A move to allow employers to sack underperforming workers, without explanation, is the key recommendation in the Downing Street report leaked to The Daily Telegraph.
Written by the venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft and commissioned by David Cameron it warns that Britain’s economic growth is being undermined by onerous employment laws that are costing companies billions of pounds a year.
Unlike many other employment regulations, the concept of unfair dismissal was not imposed by Europe but introduced by the Government more than 40 years ago.
The laws have been strengthened to such an extent that many employers find it impossible to dismiss underperforming workers. Companies must go through a complex process of warnings before they can dismiss a worker and frequently face hefty bills from unfair dismissal court cases as a result.
Last year, the Tribunals Service reported a 56 per cent year-on-year rise in claims to nearly 240,000.
Employers are ordered in court to pay out about £1 billion a year – although the true cost, including tens of thousands of out-of-court settlements is thought to be far higher. It typically costs firms an average of £8,500 to defend a case at a tribunal, and an average of £5,400 to pay off an employee. Some cases cost tens, or even hundreds of thousands of pounds
George Osborne, the Chancellor, has already identified the issue of unfair dismissal as a threat to the economy.
The Beecroft report’s recommendation to scrap the concept of unfair dismissal altogether is understood to have been backed by the Conservatives.
Explaining how its replacement, the Compulsory No Fault Dismissal system, could be made more equitable, the report says: “The employee should be given a chance to argue his or her case, and to suggest (but not demand) that they be given time to improve or be transferred to a less demanding job at a lower wage. If no such agreement could be reached, the employee would receive the same payment they would get if they had been made redundant.”
Yesterday, Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, gave a speech in which he also backed a reduction in regulation and insisted that the Liberal Democrats supported a business-friendly environment. He said employers should be able to have “protected conversations” with older workers during which they could ask them about their retirement plans – without the threat of legal action.
Is a Venture Capitalist the correct person to be making these reports ?
I do not think 240,000 claims from a working population of 30 million (estimate) is that high
___________________________________________________________________________
By Christopher Hope and Robert Winnett
6:10AM BST 26 Oct 2011
A move to allow employers to sack underperforming workers, without explanation, is the key recommendation in the Downing Street report leaked to The Daily Telegraph.
Written by the venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft and commissioned by David Cameron it warns that Britain’s economic growth is being undermined by onerous employment laws that are costing companies billions of pounds a year.
Unlike many other employment regulations, the concept of unfair dismissal was not imposed by Europe but introduced by the Government more than 40 years ago.
The laws have been strengthened to such an extent that many employers find it impossible to dismiss underperforming workers. Companies must go through a complex process of warnings before they can dismiss a worker and frequently face hefty bills from unfair dismissal court cases as a result.
Last year, the Tribunals Service reported a 56 per cent year-on-year rise in claims to nearly 240,000.
Employers are ordered in court to pay out about £1 billion a year – although the true cost, including tens of thousands of out-of-court settlements is thought to be far higher. It typically costs firms an average of £8,500 to defend a case at a tribunal, and an average of £5,400 to pay off an employee. Some cases cost tens, or even hundreds of thousands of pounds
George Osborne, the Chancellor, has already identified the issue of unfair dismissal as a threat to the economy.
The Beecroft report’s recommendation to scrap the concept of unfair dismissal altogether is understood to have been backed by the Conservatives.
Explaining how its replacement, the Compulsory No Fault Dismissal system, could be made more equitable, the report says: “The employee should be given a chance to argue his or her case, and to suggest (but not demand) that they be given time to improve or be transferred to a less demanding job at a lower wage. If no such agreement could be reached, the employee would receive the same payment they would get if they had been made redundant.”
Yesterday, Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, gave a speech in which he also backed a reduction in regulation and insisted that the Liberal Democrats supported a business-friendly environment. He said employers should be able to have “protected conversations” with older workers during which they could ask them about their retirement plans – without the threat of legal action.
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