date:Dec 21, 2012
l still allow full employee engagement and offer employee representatives a statutory right to contribute to the process, said the Business Department. The change is planned to be introduced from next April.
Plans were also announced to exclude fixed-term contracts from collective redundancy agreements when they reach the end of their natural life, a move one legal expert said would be welcomed by many food and drink firms.
Nieema Choudry, a partner at Eversheds, said: Before this change, when