Clause 36 - Removal of exemption for small employers
Employment Bill
5:45 pm
Mr George Osborne (Tatton, Conservative)
We pointed out that the measures should not apply to businesses under the five-employee threshold. The Minister conceded that many micro-businesses, which he defined as businesses employing between one and four people,
''will not use written communication to any great extent. Indeed, some may have limited clerical facilities.''—[Official Report, Standing Committee F, 13 December 2001; c. 160.]
We accept that argument, which is why we want to exclude micro-businesses from the procedures.