You may have heard the rumour over the weekend that the government is actively considering increasing the qualifying period for unfair dismissal, from one year to two years. Lord Young confirmed, on this morning's Radio 4 ‘Today’ programme, that this is indeed the case.
This is, potentially, good news for employers. Theoretically, it means that businesses will have an extra year to dismiss employees unreasonably. In practice however, employers will still have to be cautious as there will remain the risk of allegations for discrimination, whistleblowing and other exempt unfair dismissal claims, for which no qualifying period is required!
It is likely that there will be a consultation period on this change and no timetable for a decision has been announced…Watch this space!
[The information and commentary contained in this blog does not, and is not intended to, amount to legal advice and does not form the professional advice or opinion of any Solicitor or Law Firm]
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