Employment

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1 Nov 2011

Employment lawyers in angry reaction to No10 report

Former Apax boss tells prime minister to scrap unfair dismissal laws

26 Oct 2011

Former Apax boss tells Cameron to scrap unfair dismissal laws

Adrian Beecroft, former senior managing partner of global private equity and venture capital firm Apax, has called for the UK's unfair dismissal laws to be scrapped in a report for the prime minister.

24 Oct 2011

Employment update

Sue Ashtiany considers the default retirement age, the new regulations for agency workers, the extended qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims and cases on religious belief

11 Oct 2011

Poorest workers will not pay tribunal fees, minister says

Workers on the lowest salaries will be exempted from paying fees at employment tribunals, employment relations minister Ed Davey said this morning.

10 Oct 2011

Employment tribunal changes 'will reduce claims'

Lawyers disagree over employer-friendly approach

10 Oct 2011

Fire away

Doubling the qualifying period for the right to claim unfair dismissal and introducing tribunal fees will not help businesses – it will only deprive employees of their rights and make it easier for employers to sack them, says Anya Palmer

3 Oct 2011

Osborne confirms increase in qualification period for unfair dismissal claims

Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed an increase in the qualification period for unfair dismissal claims from one to two years in a speech to the Conservative party conference today. The change will come into force on 6 April 2012.

28 Sept 2011

Mosley to fight on for prior-notification requirement

Max Mosley will continue to push for changes to privacy laws after failing to have his case against News of the World and the UK heard by the grand chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.