When it comes to employment reforms, Labour is going too far, too fast
The IndependentBritain’s labour market is not a happy place. The UK had been an outlier with its two-year wait before people could claim unfair dismissal – it was a year under Tony’s Blair government. Small wonder that the CIPD has urged the government to consult “thoroughly with employers to ensure that proposed changes to employment law don’t negatively impact organisations or workers”. I particularly worry about the impact on vulnerable people if employers respond by adopting more conservative hiring practices, focusing on “safe” or “low risk” hires. If this makes it harder to be hired, it would stand as a damning indictment of the bill and impede government attempts to improve the situation and to reduce the number of people deemed “economically inactive” as a result of disability or ill health.
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