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2nd August 2007

NEWS IN BRIEF

SIMPLE LAW?

Included in the recent announcement about the Government’s draft legislative programme was a proposal for an Employment Simplification Bill. The purpose of the bill, according to the Government is to “simplify, clarify and build a stronger enforcement regime for key.”

The bill includes the following:

• Implementation of the outcome of the Gibbons review of workplace dispute resolution, including repeal of the statutory dispute resolution procedures (see weekly LELRs 10, 19 and 23)
• Clarification and strengthening of the enforcement framework for the National Minimum Wage (see weekly LELR 24)
• Strengthening the employment agency standards enforcement regime
• An amendment to trade union membership law in light of the ECHR’s judgment in ASLEF v UK allowing trade unions to expel members on the basis of their membership of a political party (see weekly LELR 5)

To download the document, go to:
www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/publications/reports/governance/governance.pdf

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