Changes to employment law will 'work in bosses' favour'

A legal expert has spoken out to say that proposed changes to employment law suggested by the government could work in the favour of employers.

This is according to Neil Rose, editor of Legalfutures.co.uk, who wrote for the Guardian that this will be the case if the authorities rule that employees must work an extra year before they can take unfair dismissal cases to an employment tribunal.

Mr Rose, a legal journalist, pointed out that staff would have to work for a company for two years before they can do this if the one-year qualifying period is doubled.

Despite this, he said: "With the Conservatives in power, we could expect a more employer-friendly set of laws. It may be little consolation to the other side of the divide, but they are not as aggressively pro-employer as they could have been."

Last year, Susana Danio, a domestic assistant, was awarded almost £7,500 in compensation after being wrongfully dismissed after working for her employee for two years.

Published by Tessa Jones