Startups to be exempt from employment red tape

Startups with fewer than ten employees will be exempt from new employment regulations for the next three years, Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk is set to announce.

Enterprise Minister Mark Prisk will deliver a major speech at the Federation of Small Business’s annual conference, in which he is due to announce that regulatory demands emanating from Whitehall will be eased.

Prisk is expected to announce that startups with fewer than ten employees will be exempt from new employment regulations for the next three years, and that the government will repeal laws allowing parents with children below the age of 17 the right to request flexible working hours.

Additionally, firms employing fewer than 250 people will not be requried to provide training outside work.

Read more: http://realbusiness.co.uk/hr/startups_to_be_exempt_from_employment_red_tape

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