Employment Law Explained

Daily Archives: 31/01/2011

Employer vs Employee: The Saga Continues

The government last week announced that it intends to shake up employment law practice and procedure with a consultation trying to rebalance the rights of employer and employee. It’s the latest episode in the long-running saga “does the law favour employees too much?”

I suspect that there is much political posturing in the consultation and I would be surprised if some aspects survive the consultation process. The headlines have been well trailed already: here is my take on the main points that caught my eye.

Issue Fees – how much is too much?