Tag Archives: Unfair Dismissal
The Employment Rights Bill and day-one rights
The Employment Rights Bill failed to clear the final stage of its passage through Parliament last night. The House of Lords chose to insist on a number of amendments that had been rejected by the Commons meaning that the Bill … Continue reading
The Employment Rights Bill – Unfair Dismissal as a Day-One Right.
One of the features of the Employment Rights Bill that has attracted particular attention is the abolition of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal making it a day-one right (see Schedule 2 of the Bill). This is something that a … Continue reading
Should the BBC have sacked Huw Edwards before he resigned?
Was the BBC wrong to keep Huw Edwards employed despite knowing that he had been arrested on such serious charges? Looking at the timeline I think it’s difficult to criticise their approach. Most large public sector organisations would have done … Continue reading
The Future of Agency Workers
Labour’s manifesto promised that the new Government will introduce legislation on employment law within 100 days. I’m not sure if the clock is ticking yet. Did they mean 100 days from the election or 100 days from the King’s Speech on … Continue reading
Will the new Health and Work Service help or hinder business?
The idea behind the new Health and Work Service is that it will save employers money by helping sick employees get back to work. The truth, as ever, is rather more complicated than that. The new service is reported by … Continue reading
What to do about zero-hours contracts?
The Guardian is running a campaign on the potential abuses of zero-hours contracts and they seem to have the ear of at least one side of the Coalition. Both Nick Clegg and Vince Cable have made sympathetic noises about doing … Continue reading
Update: Dominic Raab’s Reply
Yesterday I wrote to Dominic Raab MP about the current debate on ‘no fault’ dismissals. I quoted a paper he wrote late last year where he made some pretty suprising claims about the current state of the law on dismissals … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Dominic Raab MP
I was minding my own business when @FlipChartRick (thanks!) sent me a link to a Centre for Policy Studies paper by Dominic Raab MP calling for some employment law reforms. I had ignored the story when it came out because … Continue reading
A Range of Reasonable Responses 