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• Hands off our employment rights
  Posted on October 2, 2011 by Louise Restell
  According to the OECD, the UK already has one of the most business-friendly frameworks of employment law of any of its members, second only to the US. The chancellor, George Osborne, is obviously not convinced. He told The Sun newspaper yesterday we talk far too much about ‘union rights’ and not enough about the rights of unemployed people to get a job. That’s why he’s increasing the qualifying period for employees to make unfair dismissal claims from one to two years.
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  Posted in: Employment law
  Tagged: employment law, employment rights, employment tribunal, Osborne, TUC, unfair dismissal, unions