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Lawyers slam government plans to restrict unfair dismissal claims

Employers should be able to fire people "at will" - as they do in many U.S states. Many of these critics have never run a business, had to make a profit, had to hire people, or risk any of their own money. Solicitors - the most risk-averse and least entrepreneurial people on earth - are the last ones you shoudl be asking for comments about this. If you are fired, you simply get another job - or you create one. This is what happens in America and there is less stimga about being fired in the U.S because it seen as part and parcel of a normal labor market. You dust yourself down, have a few beers, and get a new job. If the playing field is level, it works fine.

26-Oct-2011

4:52 pm