fairness at work

fairness at work
   British
   penalties and
   burdens imposed by government on employers beyond those agreed between employer and employee and their representatives
   Unfair on the employer and, in the long term, damaging also to those employed because the majority pay the cost of the litigious minority through reduced earnings, lower investment, and a reluctance to recruit:
    The CBI remains convinced that without its hard work and lobbying the Government's Fairness at Work proposals would have been a lot more aggressive (from a boss's point of view) and much more pro-union than they are. {Sunday Telegraph, 1 November 1988)

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