Cable's common sense

Gracchus_Babeuf

At last a sensible move: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19594879

We need to stop the increasingly compensatory culture in this country and a limit on employment tribunal payouts is very welcome. Also welcome is the dropping of plans to allow easier dismissals - UK legislation on this is already very liberal compared to most European countries.

chewmylegoff

Gracchus_Babeuf wrote: »

At last a sensible move: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19594879

We need to stop the increasingly compensatory culture in this country and a limit on employment tribunal payouts is very welcome. Also welcome is the dropping of plans to allow easier dismissals - UK legislation on this is already very liberal compared to most European countries.

not quite sure who the govt is going to limit settlements between staff and companies. who is going to complain about a settlement being too high?! the horrid company X agrees to pay bloggs £100,000 to go away. neither bloggs nor horrid company X are going to report the "illegal" settlement.

Loughton_Monkey

Will be interesting to see Vincie's reaction when Cameron chucks him out at the next re-shuffle.

angrypirate

Cable does come out with the occasional good ideas every so often, but then he comes out with so much that something is bound to be sensible.

Gracchus_Babeuf

chewmylegoff wrote: »

not quite sure who the govt is going to limit settlements between staff and companies. who is going to complain about a settlement being too high?! the horrid company X agrees to pay bloggs £100,000 to go away. neither bloggs nor horrid company X are going to report the "illegal" settlement.

If the settlement is private, then it's a matter for both company and individual. The limit is on tribunal settlements only.
It's good news because it will discourage vexatious litigation and encourage private settlements. However, if you are a lawyer, maybe not such good news... :rotfl:

chewmylegoff

Gracchus_Babeuf wrote: »

If the settlement is private, then it's a matter for both company and individual. The limit is on tribunal settlements only.
It's good news because it will discourage vexatious litigation and encourage private settlements. However, if you are a lawyer, maybe not such good news... :rotfl:

there is no such thing as a "tribunal settlement" as far as i know.

i'm not sure if the article has been amended, or i just misread it, but i think i got the wrong end of the stick anyway as it just says:

"He also wants to bring in settlement agreements, in which staff agree to leave without being able to go to a tribunal, but get a pay-off in return."

Wow, Vince Cable has invented settlement agreements. Errrr. Haven't these been around since, basically, forever?

CLAPTON

one wonders how many settlements are for more than a year's salary?


and what exactly is stopping employer and employee agreeing a settlement to leave?


either the article is simply wrong or we have another non solution to a non problem

FTBFun

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Wow, Vince Cable has invented settlement agreements. Errrr. Haven't these been around since, basically, forever?

Maybe they're softening the language on "termination agreements?"

Gracchus_Babeuf

CLAPTON wrote: »

one wonders how many settlements are for more than a year's salary?


and what exactly is stopping employer and employee agreeing a settlement to leave?


either the article is simply wrong or we have another non solution to a non problem

Well, in many alleged discrimination cases the payments have been for huge amounts. This nonsense needs to stop.

CLAPTON

Gracchus_Babeuf wrote: »

Well, in many alleged discrimination cases the payments have been for huge amounts. This nonsense needs to stop.

Let's say that a doctor at staffordshire hospital had blown the whistle on the appalling treatment of elderly people there.
Now let's say he was sacked and became unemployable.

Should he/she be entitled to a huge amount of compensation as his career has beeen effectively ruined or would three months salary be suffice?

Wookster

Vince Cable's common sense?

Where? How?