Lords' report argues for light labour laws
Jun 29 2007
A House of Lords report that rejects proposals to extend EU labour laws in the UK has been welcomed by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).
Entitled 'Modernising European Union labour law: has the UK anything to gain?', the report claims that light regulation in Britain's labour market is good for the economy because it provides more flexible employment arrangements.
The House of Lords produced the report in response to the European Commission's Green Paper on EU labour law.
Alan Tyrrell, the FSB's employment chairman, comments: 'We are pleased that their Lordships listened to our views when we gave evidence on the EU Green Paper on Labour law. Their report demonstrates that there is no desire in the UK for the imposition of further EU-inspired labour law.'
However, he noted that, at the recent EU summit, the government had made it impossible to guarantee that it wouldn't happen in the future.
'This could have grave consequences for small businesses in the UK,' he says.
The UK's lighter labour law regulation has allowed Britain to avoid the high unemployment rates seen in some EU states.
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