CABLE’S RED TAPE PROPOSALS WILL KEEP PEOPLE IN JOBS NOT SET THEM UP FOR THE SACK, SAYS PLUMBING ENTREPRENEUR

Plumbing entrepreneur and star of Secret Millionaire, Charlie Mullins, has backed business secretary Vince Cable’s plans to cut red tape surrounding employment law, which he believes will keep more workers in jobs not force them out onto the dole queue.
The Pimlico Plumbers Managing Director believes that ‘protected conversations’ will head off tribunals, which will enable businesses to focus on growth rather than be strangled by distracting human resources issues.
Charlie also says that the Unions and campaigners for employee-rights wrongly view employers as the enemy and sacking workers without a cause is an outdated practice that doesn’t benefit businesses.
He says: “Quite simply employers want less strife, which is why Vince Cable’s proposals will actually help keep a lot of people in work rather than setting them up for the sack.
“Protected conversations where both parties can say what they feel without fear of their worlds being used against them in a tribunal claim will hopefully defuse situations before they get that far. It will save a lot of heartache, time and money.
“If these proposals allow me to have a more honest and real relationship with staff, that helps sort out problems or if things aren't going to work out with an individual, let them go and get someone more suited to the role then it's a no brainer – bring them on.”
Charlie added: “Why are the Unions assuming employers like me are in favour of cutting employment law red tape because we’re evil and sadistic individuals who want to make vast profits from near-forced labour?
“These people have probably never run a business and clearly have little understanding of commerce or, in fact, human nature. Otherwise they would know it doesn’t work like that and any employer stupid enough to operate such a system would not only struggle to make a profit, but more likely go bust.
“Sacking people on a whim, like a modern-day business version of a tyrant king, quite literally, does not pay dividends.
“The idea that in the modern world the 'bosses' and the 'workers' are still natural sworn enemies, with the latter left to fight the former for every scrap from the table is laughable.”