Clause 29 - Statutory dispute resolution procedures
Employment Bill
2:45 pm
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
I accept what the Minister says, but he is being slightly disingenuous in using the extreme example. We all understand that the corner shop with one employee falls into the category of an employer who, by following the minimum procedure, does what he is supposed to. Equally, we understand that Rolls-Royce or BAE Systems will have to do something much more substantial, but where is the cut-off point? Is it five employees, 10, 25, 50 or 100? How does the person running a small or medium-sized business find out what he has to do to comply with the requirements of the legislation?