Member

We often hear—we did again today regarding employers’ organisations—how it is not right that employers should pay the price for making a mistake when hiring someone, but why should the employee? Why should someone who may have given up a perfectly good job to take on another bear all the risk and the consequences if an employer does not get their hiring practices right? The Liberal Democrats, in their response, talked about this being needed to “strike a balance”, but I think the proposals for a statutory probation period actually do strike the right balance and deliver fairness to both the employee and the employer.