Government announcements put flesh on the bones of employment law reform proposals
23 November 2011:
Further to Katy Munn’s update on 16 November, the Government has today made announcements which formalise several of its proposals in the field of employment law reform. The main provisions are that:
The qualifying period for unfair dismissal will increase from 12 months to 2 years from April 2012
- It will become compulsory to attempt to mediate all claims with ACAS prior to pursuing a claim in the Employment Tribunal
- As explained in my note of 16 November, there will be consultation about introducing ‘protected conversations’, “so a boss and an employee feel able to sit down together and have a frank conversation – at either’s request” – albeit that these will not extend to discrimination matters.
- The Government will consider evidence for or against reducing collective redundancy consultation periods from the current maximum of 90 days to 60, 45, or 30 days.
A press release providing more information about these proposals is available at: http://nds.coi.gov.uk/content/Detail.aspx?ReleaseID=422195&NewsAreaID=2&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bis-news+%28BIS+News%29
23 November 2011
