tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post1348405355091387515..comments2024-03-25T12:55:40.911+00:00Comments on Caron's Musings: Is Vince right on dismissal and settlement agreements?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04988201531739344840noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-8904469092331990752012-09-18T11:40:24.945+01:002012-09-18T11:40:24.945+01:00Congratulations on a post that gets to the heart o...Congratulations on a post that gets to the heart of the matter. As your link to Fact Check demonstrates the UK scheme of employment protection is already the third most laissez-faire in the world and there is no majority of the business community demanding that legislation be changed in the way Cable is proposing. There is no economic case for 'reform' either.<br /><br />An employee who feels they have been unfiarly dismissed already faces a number of formidable barriers to bringing a case before an employment tribunal, primarily the complicated bureaucracy, the need for specialised legal help and the associated costs.<br /><br />The legal requirements of dismissing an employee fairly are not onerous, indeed they largely amount to a codification of good personnel practice.<br /><br />The proposed capping of already restricted awards makes a mockery of compensating the employee fairly for an employer decision that can have shattering consequences. Restricting tribunal awards to one year's salary or median earnings whichever is the smaller means that there is no recognition of the potential long-term affects of dismissal on a complainant and that higher-paid employees are paid sums that are negligible in comparison to their losses.<br /><br />I feel strongly that a Liberal Democrat minister should be playing no part in diminishing individual rights in this manner.KelvinKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118042006400401585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34128264.post-36469969187971878022012-09-18T11:39:35.817+01:002012-09-18T11:39:35.817+01:00Congratulations on a post that gets to the heart o...Congratulations on a post that gets to the heart of the matter. As your link to Fact Check demonstrates the UK scheme of employment protection is already the third most laissez-faire in the world and there is no majority of the business community demanding that legislation be changed in the way Cable is proposing. There is no economic case for 'reform' either.<br /><br />An employee who feels they have been unfiarly dismissed already faces a number of formidable barriers to bringing a case before an employment tribunal, primarily the complicated bureaucracy, the need for specialised legal help and the associated costs.<br /><br />The legal requirements of dismissing an employee fairly are not onerous, indeed they largely amount to a codification of good personnel practice.<br /><br />The proposed capping of already restricted awards makes a mockery of compensating the employee fairly for an employer decision that can have shattering consequences. Restricting tribunal awards to one year's salary or median earnings whichever is the smaller means that there is no recognition of the potential long-term affects of dismissal on a complainant and that higher-paid employees are paid sums that are negligible in comparison to their losses.<br /><br />I feel strongly that a Liberal Democrat minister should be playing no part in diminishing individual rights in this manner.KelvinKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01118042006400401585noreply@blogger.com