Business Department’s dismissal proposals “wrong approach”
according to Business Secretary
Employment Law & HR update 22/05/2012
Business Secretary Vince Cable has branded proposals for
“compensated no fault dismissal” for small businesses “the wrong
approach”, in a press interview on Monday. Proposals are currently
the subject of a “call for evidence” consultation issued by BIS,
the government department headed by Dr Cable.
Dr Cable said he “did not want to scare the wits out of
employees” with such changes, which are said to be proposed in a
report by a government advisor, Adrian Beecroft, expected to be
published later this week.
The comments indicate disagreement within the coalition about
employment law reforms, but are particularly surprising coming from
the head of the department responsible for an ongoing
consultation.
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