Does new legislation make things easier?
November 28, 2008
I’ve been dealing with a lot of employment law issues recently, as I imagine many HR Practitioners have been, and it’s taken an awful lot of time to ensure that everything that has been done is legally compliant, due to the complexities in the UK employment law system, which seem to be getting worse all the time.
The Government appears to have recognised this, with the proposed changes to the dispute resolution systems following the Gibbons review, and the proposed Equality Bill, which is designed to be a streamlined discrimination legislation framework, bringing existing discrimination legislation together in order to simplify it for everyone involved.
However it seems that some employers are getting tired of the increasing amount of new legislation being introduced, and a recent survey found that many senior HR practitioners are feeling apathetic towards the Equality Bill, even though it is aiming to make things easier. The survey, which was carried out by law firm Pinsent Masons and Personnel Today, identified that ‘legislation fatigue’ could lead to the failure of the Equality Bill to achieve it’s aim to make it more straightforward to tackle discrimination in the workplace. It was also suggested that the Government isn’t doing enough to communicate the requirements of compliance with the new legislation, even though it could be implemented as early as next year.
What’s your opinion on this? Is the Government making things even more complicated with new pieces of legislation and how do you think this is going to affect you?
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