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December 2010
Change On Unfair Dismissal Claims On Cards
Lord Young, the government’s new Enterprise Adviser, has told the BBC that he may recommend an increase in the length of time employees have to work before being allowed to bring unfair dismissal claims.
Employees can currently claim unfair dismissal by their employer once they have been in their jobs for a year.
Lord Young told BBC Radio 4 on 1 November that he might recommend limiting eligibility for making such claims until workers had been employed for two years.
He said that he would have to consult with small businesses before making any recommendations but confirmed earlier leaks that extending the length of time that employees had to work before being able to claim unfair dismissal was "one of the lines" he would investigate.
He told the BBC: "I want to find out what small business people themselves think about this and then we'll think about it."
The government has appointed Lord Young to the post as part of its drive to help make it easier for people to start, run and grow businesses.His first assignment is to prepare a report examining how government departments interact with and affect small businesses.
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