The Labour Government

meltonblue said:
Which proposals do you have concerns about? Not a loaded question, just interested.
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The proposed removal of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims will be a significant burden for employers; lots of additional management time will need to be devoted to overseeing probation periods and performance reviews. It will be a significant deterrent to new hires.

The flexible working proposals will also be another pain in the arse, especially for smaller companies. Not clear yet what will be deemed reasonable grounds for refusing requests as this will be subject to consultation, but it’s been suggested that there will be a formal process/consultation around each request before it can refused.

How are small businesses, without significant HR functions, going to manage these changes?
 
Brewster's millions said:
The proposed removal of the qualifying period for unfair dismissal claims will be a significant burden for employers; lots of additional management time will need to be devoted to overseeing probation periods and performance reviews. It will be a significant deterrent to new hires.

The flexible working proposals will also be another pain in the arse, especially for smaller companies. Not clear yet what will be deemed reasonable grounds for refusing requests as this will be subject to consultation, but it’s been suggested that there will be a formal process/consultation around each request before it can refused.

How are small businesses, without significant HR functions, going to manage these changes?
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Oh dear. I'm sure they'll work something out.

Your problem is that you think like a mill owner from the 19th century.
 
The Future’s Blue! said:
Let’s include Brexit in that.

When we talk about inflation in goods and services, what never seems to be mentioned is ‘why’. I wonder why that is?

Take food, for instance, has the pressures from climate change and specific changes to the UK leaving Europe had an impact on pricing?

What is noticeable about all these increases is a lack of understanding of how they have come about. If people actually knew why this was happening, rather than just seeing the headline figure, they could at least look at their choices and change them for the betterment of themselves.
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Undoubtedly Brexit had an impact which is now baked into food prices, you remove access to a cheap flexible source of labour which agriculture relies on and its reflected in commodity prices. Likewise with the increased bureaucracy of moving goods in and out of certain markets.

Regardless of the problem facing supply chains it remains that it is a misnomer to look purely at the headline rate of inflation and take it as granted that everyone is impacted equally.

Furthermore the thing about prices, just like wages they are sticky on the way down. In a market with insufficient competition which is increasingly true in food retail they rise quickly when there is a supply chain shock, but when that supply chain has reconfigured or the impact has diminished, businesses start to take more profit as they have been able to continue selling at the higher price point.
 
Kompany Car said:
Furthermore the thing about prices, just like wages they are sticky on the way down. In a market with insufficient competition which is increasingly true in food retail they rise quickly when there is a supply chain shock, but when that supply chain has reconfigured or the impact has diminished, businesses start to take more profit as they have been able to continue selling at the higher price point.
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Of course. To imply otherwise would mean negative inflation and that is extremely unusual and actually usually damaging to economies.
 
hcblue95 said:
Starmer squirming under questions about Mandelson at PMQs.
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Mandelson owes his current position to the fact that (a) he is a sleazeball and (b) he went to the same parties as Trump and all the other sleazeballs. If ever a man was qualified to be US Ambassador at this particular time, it is Mandelson.

If we determine Mandelson is unfit to be British ambassador because of his relationship with Epstein then we are effectively saying Trump is unfit to be US President.

Now, in both cases this happens to be true but I suspect the British Govt would rather not go there and just wait and see how this all plays out.
 
Chippy_boy said:
Of course. To imply otherwise would mean negative inflation and that is extremely unusual and actually usually damaging to economies.
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Oh great. Let's keep energy and fuel prices high when raw product prices fall.

Is this the famous capitalist reliance on supply and demand?
 
Vic said:
Oh great. Let's keep energy and fuel prices high when raw product prices fall.

Is this the famous capitalist reliance on supply and demand?
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I wasn’t referring to energy costs specifucally, which do tend to rise and fall. Food prices tend not to fall (attention pedants: tend).
 
Chippy_boy said:
Of course. To imply otherwise would mean negative inflation and that is extremely unusual and actually usually damaging to economies.
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There is nothing wrong with food prices falling if the cost of production falls. From a food point of view that happened when farms started intensive farming techniques. Talk to anyone who was born pre war and eating chicken was a special treat. Now you can buy a chicken for £6. In real terms its much cheaper now than it was back in the 1930s. Does that mean there has been deflation which is bad or more likely significant disinflation ?

Anyway sorry thats all a bit off topic, the key is that in a free market you would expect some of the reduction in cost of production to be passed onto the consumer, not all retained by the retailer and or producer (but considering how supermarkets procure, that unlikely) as an increased margin.
 
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Mandelson has to go surely. Saying he was best mates with a nonce and now saying he was hoodwinked by him is not a good look, especially as someone of privilege in a powerful position such as his. What other lies has he fallen for? FWIW I don't believe him one bit and reckon he fiddles with undies as well.
 
borassic said:
Mandelson has to go surely. Saying he was best mates with a nonce and now saying he was hoodwinked by him is not a good look, especially as someone of privilege in a powerful position such as his. What other lies has he fallen for? FWIW I don't believe him one bit and reckon he fiddles with undies as well.
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He stayed at Epstein's New York flat while he was in jail for procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution.

Hoodwinked my arse.
 
borassic said:
Mandelson has to go surely. Saying he was best mates with a nonce and now saying he was hoodwinked by him is not a good look, especially as someone of privilege in a powerful position such as his. What other lies has he fallen for? FWIW I don't believe him one bit and reckon he fiddles with undies as well.
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Mandelson was besties with several nonces, one of whom is the US President which is why he has his current job. It was a cynical and pragmatic appointment. Everyone suddenly getting ‘outraged’ is about six months late to the party - pun intended.
 
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