Employment law stifling UK competitiveness, says BCC

The “relentless flow of complex employment law” is stifling UK competitiveness and risks future job creation, according to a new report by the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).

Employment regulation: up to the job? is published a day ahead of the official labour market figures, expected to show that unemployment has surpassed 2.46 million. It argues that basic workplace protections have been supplemented with burdensome rights to request, extended time-off provisions, an... (418 more words)

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