Enterprise & Regulatory Reform Bill

On 21 June 2012 Stephen Miller gave evidence to the House of Commons Public Bill Committee considering the provisions of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill.

One of the suggestions in the Bill is that employers be entitled to conduct protected conversations with employees with a view to agreeing a Compromise Agreement exit.  In unfair dismissal claims Tribunals would be prohibited from hearing evidence about the content of such conversations unless the conversation was deemed "improper".  

Although such a protection has an obvious appeal for employers, it is difficult to see how the situation could be made to work in practice. 

Stephen illustrated that with an example when he was taking opposition questions: