Blue (?) Conservatives Roll Up the Red Tape
by Sarah
Today I was musing hypothetically over one of those ‘What If…?’ scenarios and applied to the formula the ‘What if the Tories came into power and removed the Red Tape?’
The answer? Employers would be affected as the balance between them and their employees swings towards favouring those running the show; less rules regarding redundancy procedure would mean they could get rid of staff more easily, employees would be the ones to lose out with Britain opting out of the EU Social Charter and changes being implemented in those well-known (and dreaded?) Health and Safety Regulations.
The idea behind all this chopping and cutting is there being a reduction in costs by an estimated £14bn, termed by Redwood who came up with the idea as a ‘tax cut by any other name’, termed by the Labour Party who oppose it ‘giving up any claim to be a credible party of the centre ground.’
Now the real things to ponder over: are the Conservative Party right or centre? blue or green? or red for that matter? What if…
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More of a political posting than an employment law one. Disappointing.
Andrew said at August 15th, 2007 at 9:39 am
You obviously not read the Redwood report or the press surrounding it. If the conservatives do come into power then these may well be live employment issues they want to introduce. A bit of crystal ball gazing in employment is a good thing and we as a firm always have our ear on the ground for potential changes for our clients.
Sarah said at August 15th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Thanks, I am aware of the report.
Your first paragraph is just an introduction. The second raises some of the issues which may be important. The third and fourth are pure politics. A bit of crystal ball gazing is important for employment issues but what does your final paragraph add to that: “Now the real things to ponder over: are the Conservative Party right or centre? blue or green? or red for that matter? What if”. One key proposal you didn’t mention concerns the repeal of the working time regulations. What might this mean for businesses and the employee? I would much rather hear about that than ‘identity crisis’ political jibes at any political party.
I enjoy your posts immensely usually. Even if August is slow news wise I hope you can stick to commenting on employment issues with a light-hearted but apolitical touch from now on.
Thanks
Andrew said at August 15th, 2007 at 4:34 pm
hi i enjoyed the read
Aaron said at August 19th, 2007 at 12:44 am