| Lord Young, the
government’s new Enterprise Adviser, has
told the BBC that he may recommend an
increase in the length of time employees
have to work before being allowed to bring
unfair dismissal claims. Employees can
currently claim unfair dismissal by their
employer once they have been in their jobs
for a year.
Lord Young told BBC Radio 4 on 1
November that he might recommend limiting
eligibility for making such claims until
workers had been employed for two years.
He said that he would have to consult
with small businesses before making any
recommendations but confirmed earlier
leaks that extending the length of time
that employees had to work before being
able to claim unfair dismissal was "one of
the lines" he would investigate.
He told the BBC: "I want to find out
what small business people themselves
think about this and then we'll think
about it."
The government has appointed Lord Young
to the post as part of its drive to help
make it easier for people to start, run
and grow businesses.His first assignment
is to prepare a report examining how
government departments interact with and
affect small businesses.
LINK:
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