Property News · May 26, 2012

You're fired … what happens after a sacking


Sacking people is becoming even easier – and dealing with the stigma can be difficult. But, as Laura Marcus writes, there are ways to survive and find new employmentIt’s very difficult to get sacked in the UK – or so many commentators would have you believe. Employers are tied up in knots of red tape while employees have the upper hand. The idea that “make it easier to sack people and the economy will magically revive” was even included in the recent Queen’s speech and consultation is still under way to see if all employee protection should be removed from companies with 10 or fewer staff. Moreover, hardly noticed, from 6 April, the period during which an employer can fire you without recourse to an industrial tribunal, went up from one to two years.David Blanchflower, professor of economics at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA and a former member of the Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, says the UK ranks third worst for employee protection according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) survey of 30 countries and 10 emerging economies. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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