Stop Meddling with Employment Law, Says British Chambers of Commerce
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has asked that the constant toying with employment law be stopped.
The Green Paper of the Department for Children, Schools and Families drafts the layout for consultations. This is to be done to broaden the eligibility criteria for parental leave for parents whose children are above five years, and on the notice period for paternity leave. To achieve this objective, it stated that it had plans to:
*Review the obstacles to paternity leave met by fathers not qualified for paternity pay.
*Initiate an online eligibility checker to outline the types of monetary help to which parents may have a right.
*Request the Standing Commission of Carers, (which is a Government Expert Advisory Group) to delve into the challenges facing inter-generational and distance carers during 2010.
*Publicize awareness of family-friendly hiring rights and good practices among workers.
*Disclose, after a while, a business case of ‘Think Fathers’ with BT and also publish a detailed business case for family-friendly employment.
David Cameron has given his word that parents would be faced with less rigid leave rules, provided the Conservatives are elected to power.
According to Dr Adam Marshall, Director of Policy at BCC, if businesses are to progress in generating employment for both mothers and fathers, the menace, of the parties amending the employment law as and when they fancy doing so, hanging over parents’ heads, must be brought to an end.
Most of the businesses in UK have already provided less rigid means of working for both parents and grandparents. The future Government must conceive of the right mode of rules and regulations that would be an impetus for companies to employ more people and thus they can pave the path for the economic resurrection.
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