Chamber urges MPs to revise Employment Rights Bill to support East Midlands businesses - East Midlands Business Link

MPs Urged to Back Key ERB Amendments  - British Chambers of Commerce

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling on MPs to support key amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, when it returns to the Commons.  Several changes to the legislation, which were proposed during this week’s Report Stage in the House of Lords, have the backing of the BCC.  Research by the BCC shows 79% of firms don’t feel the impact of new government policies is being properly assessed and 77% think policy change is not moving at t…

Chamber urges MPs to revise Employment Rights Bill to support East Midlands businesses - East Midlands Business Link

The East Midlands Chamber has written to MPs, urging immediate amendments to the Employment Rights Bill currently progressing through Parliament. The Chamber argues that, in its present form, the Bill could impose additional financial strain on businesses, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) still recovering from the impact of the 2024 Chancellor’s Budget and the […]

Chamber calls for more supportive polices for businesses as unemployment rises to 5% in the East Midlands - East Midlands Chamber

With unemployment among over 16’s in the region having risen to 5%, East Midlands Chamber has renewed calls for supportive policies from the government, including amendments to the Employment Rights Bill currently going through the report stage at the House of Lords and assurance that firms are not hit with a greater tax burden at the Autumn Budget. The latest East Midlands unemployment figure from the Office for National Statistics, now 0.3% ab…

Business Still Sceptical On Employment Rights Bill - Cambridgeshire Chambers of Commerce

One third (33%) of businesses, in a BCC survey, think the current trade union proposals in the Employment Rights Bill would have a negative impact Only two per cent of these firms think these proposals would be positive 79 per cent of firms don’t feel the impact of new government policies is being properly assessed. 77 per cent don’t think policy change is moving at the right pace. 69 per cent think Government policies, such as tax, employme…