[Livia]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

As it it currently though, employers have a 12 month period** during which they can sack new workers for any reason, without all the court cases and such. Surely 12 months is long enough to find out if a member of staff is good for the job or not?

I think this new system is really open to abuse (as is everything else really though tbf). I really dont think there is a way to protect the good workers...

And I have a feeling (conspiracy going on here ) that a few companies might use this along with the 'workfare' scheme. Sack current workers now that they can do so without having to find a reason, and bring in the freebies from the jobcentre.

**I think it's two years from April 2012.

While I'm sure a few companies may well do that, on the whole you can't buy experience. There aren't that many jobs, surely, that would benefit from a whole new batch of people every year or so, that have to be trained etc.