The Government has set out new protections for law-abiding businesses and further progress on Business Minister Michael Fallon’s war on pointless red tape in its latest six-monthly Statement of New Regulation.
The Statement details all regulation, including EU measures, which is expected to come into force between 1st July and 31st December 2013, as well as all regulation removed including under the government’s One-in, Two-out rule and the Red Tape Challenge.
The measures include:
- Changes to Employment Tribunal rules of procedure to make the system simpler, more efficient, flexible and proportionate. The measures will make settlement agreements easier, particularly for smaller businesses. Where disputes do end in tribunal, a salary based compensation cap will promote fair and proportionate unfair dismissal awards.
- A number of measures to make Health and Safety Law less burdensome include the introduction of simplified arrangements for the reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences and the removal of employers’ strict liability for injuries to employees in the work place. First aid arrangements have been simplified by removing the requirement for the Health and Safety Executive to approve training and qualifications of appointed first-aid personnel.
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