Tories great new idea to get people back to work who they put on the dole.

[MadManMoon]

Now just run that past me again Dave...in order for employers to take on more staff they have to find it easier to sack them...Hmmm...I see.

 

This is a Monty Python sketch surely

[alchresearch]

The BBC claims

 

UK unemployment falls again in three months to July

The number of people out of work fell by 7,000 to 2.59 million in the three months to July, compared with the previous three month period.

 

The unemployment rate was 8.1%, down 0.1% on the previous quarter.

 

The number out of work for more than a year was 904,000, the highest since 1996, official figures showed.

 

But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) also said the number of people claiming Jobseeker's Allowance fell by 15,000 in August to 1.57 million.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19569316

 

Do you have a link to your posting to back up your claims?

[Obelix]

If an employer knows that they can more easily get rid of people if they need to, they will be much happier to take people on in the first place. If people are awkward to get rid of, then you end up with dead wood sapping productivity, you end up with employers not taking on extra staff as that's a risk, and consequently existing employee's have more work to do than is ideal, again affecting employee moral and quality of work. Believe it or not most employers don't want to get rid of people - staff are a valued and skilled resource that costs a lot of money to take on, but if you have to get rid of them, you have to be able to do it without costing so much it affects therest of the business. Now I don't think moving to the "at will" model of the US is a good idea, but certainly pruning the red tape and removing obstacles is an idea to be looked at hard.