Employers to Have Protected Conversations
The Government keeps saying that it wants to help small
employers, and then suggests unworkable or inappropriate ideas. From which you
will probably gather that the latest ConDem proposal for protected
conversations to tackle workplace disputes is not the way forward.Last week, David Cameron said he plans to introduce
‘protected conversations’ in the workplace. The idea is that manager or worker
can request a protected conversation in which they can speak directly about an
employee’s poor work performance without the contents of that meeting coming
back to haunt them at tribunal at a later date. Thus (in theory at…Continue Reading
