Employment Law Edinburgh News

Proposals to examine the current dismissal process have been announced by the Government with the publication of a Call for Evidence.

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Commenting on the government’s call for evidence on collective redundancy, John Longworth, Director General of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), has said that the time has come for reform in this area of employment law.

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New figures from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) shows that small businesses will look to shed staff in the first three months of 2012, as it warns that the Government needs to be bolder in its changes to existing employment law to incentivise employment.

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The most radical reform to the employment law system for decades has been outlined by Business Secretary Vince Cable as part of the Government’s plan for growth.

Tags: Employment Law Reform, Employment Tribunal, Redundancy, Protected Conversations, Compromise Agreements, Employment Law Advice Edinburgh

Employment law was the single biggest issue for business owners calling the Forum of Private Business's legal helpline during a five-week period in September and October, which included the 1st October ‘common commencement date' when new regulations come into force.

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Businesses have been called upon by ministers to help tackle employment related law, bureaucracy and red tape in the latest phase of the Employment Law Review.

Tags: Employment Law Reform, Collective Redundancies, National Minimum Wage, Redundancy Advice Lawyers Edinburgh, Redundancy Advice Edinburgh

MEPs are calling for EU legislation to be put in place if voluntary measures fail to boost the number of women in senior positions. They believe that women should make up 30% of top management in the largest listed EU companies by 2015 and 40% by 2020.

 

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Following a speech by Vince Cable at the GMB union’s conference, which suggested the Government might legislate to restrict strike action if industrial unrest continues to escalate, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has urged Government to build public sector leadership and management skills and improve communication and consultation to help stave off the worst effects of strike action to come.

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A new analysis of the economics of employment regulation claims that the opposition of much of the business lobby to many employment rights betrays an underlying bias against employment regulation which at times flies in the face of economic evidence.

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The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is concerned that Government plans to extend flexible working and introduce changes to parental leave, at a time when it has committed to cutting red tape, will hit small businesses hard. 

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The Government has announced new areas that it will consider reforming as part of its review of employment red tape – including collective redundancy consultation periods, the Transfer Undertakings Protection of Employment Regulations (TUPE) and compensation for discrimination awarded by employment tribunals.

Tags: Employment Law Reform, Redundancy, Transfer Of Undertakings, Discrimination, Redundancy Advice Edinburgh, Redundancy Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has argued in its response to the consultation ‘Resolving Workplace Disputes’ that the Government’s proposed reforms to the employment tribunal system are flawed. The IoD does not believe that the proposals will achieve any significant reduction in the number of weak complaints or costs to business in terms of management time and lawyers’ fees.

Tags: Employment Tribunals, Employment Law Reform, Retirement, Conciliation, Employment Tribunal Advice Edinburgh, Employment Tribunal Advice Lawyers Edinburgh

The CBI has claimed that the employment tribunal system is failing businesses and individuals. It is meant to offer claimants and companies informal, quick and cost-effective judgements but, according to the CBI, the system is instead slow, legalistic and antagonistic.

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The Government has put in place a moratorium for micro firms on all new domestic regulations for the next three years. But the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) is concerned that micro firms will continue to be hit hard by new regulations that come from Europe – 72% of the total cost of UK regulation now originates from Brussels.

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Changes to paternity leave from 3rd April, and the scrapping of the Default Retirement Age on 6th April will be damaging, claim business owners in an ongoing British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) survey.

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The Acas Council has welcomed the Government's proposal for all potential employment tribunal claims to be offered early conciliation with Acas first. In its submission to the Government's consultation document 'Resolving Workplace Disputes', the Council said the plans would enable the expansion of Acas' successful Pre-Claim Conciliation (PCC) service.

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The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has given its response to the recent budget, in which it commets on the Government's proposed moratorium on employment regulation for small firms, expressing concerns that it might create a two-tier labour market.

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Business will be freed from the burden of red tape under a package of sweeping reforms to regulation, the UK Government has announced.

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