It should not have taken so long for the prime minister to see sense and accept that the right to protection from unfair dismissal from “day one” of employment was a bad policy to begin with.
Of course, protecting employees from unfair dismissal is a good thing, but the trade unions allowed sentiment to overcome what is actually in the best interests of workers, especially the young and the low-paid. Giving employees full legal rights from their first day in the job would make it less likely that an employer would take a risk with a new hire – a risk that a young person looking for their first job needs an employer to take.
