Tearing up employment rights will not create extra jobs, says TUC

Commenting on the announcement today (Monday) that the newly appointed advisor to the government on enterprise Lord Young is to draft a report on small businesses, TUC Regional Secretary Cheryl Pidgeon said: 

Cheryl Pidgeon



“There is no evidence that making staff wait for two years before they get protection from unfair dismissal will create any extra jobs.



“David Cameron’s policies seem set on rolling Britain’s workplaces back to the 1980s, and asking one of Mrs Thatcher’s favourites to tear up employment protection will only confirm that impression.
“What we need are quality small and medium sized businesses that can grow into the big employers of tomorrow. Giving them permission to become second-rate employers will hardly help.”