Last week Margaret Hodges’ Public Accounts Committee, increasingly resembling some sort of neo-Jacobin Committee of Public Humiliation, gave BBC managers … Continue reading “BBC payoffs are part of a wider problem”

Matthew Hancock, the Skills minister, has been doing the media rounds asserting that British firms have ‘a duty’ to take … Continue reading “Muddled figures on UK vacancies”

Zero-hours contracts are in the news again, with Vince Cable last week announcing an enquiry into this type of arrangement. … Continue reading “Why zero-hours contracts should not be banned”

Adrian Beecroft’s suggestions to lift some of the burden which employment regulation places on business deserve a fuller consideration than … Continue reading “The Beecroft Report should not be ignored”

Age discrimination is one of the fastest-growing categories of Employment Tribunal claim. In the last full year for which figures … Continue reading “Compulsory retirement: more confusion”

The Coalition is already planning to lengthen the qualifying period of employment before people can claim they have been unfairly … Continue reading “Unfair dismissal laws only first step on way to labour market reform”

According to the Sunday Times, the European Commission is drawing up a “voluntary” code fixing a minimum (30% by 2015, … Continue reading “Women on boards”

Business Secretary Vince Cable is proposing what the Financial Times calls “an employer-friendly shake-up of Employment Tribunals”. Hmm. The proposals … Continue reading “Not enough, Mr Cable”

It is not easy running a business in this country. You might think I’m making reference to the recession, and, … Continue reading “Cut out the red tape and get us back on track”