Today the draft order is being introduced to the Commons which will remove the right to redress over unfair dismissal until an employee has worked at least 2 years in a job. At present the qualifying period is 1 year, though many believe (including me) that it should be reduced to 6 months or perhaps a probationary period of just 3 months. But doubling it to 2 years is a harsh, unnecessary, unjustified act of crude class intimidation so redolent of today’s out-of-control corporate power. If this statutory instrument is not stopped from becoming law, some 3 million people will lose their protection against unfair dismissal which many night feel was their fundamental employment right. Continue reading →