That dismissal register - the Home Office is involved
There’s been much outcry about this proposed database of staff dismissals and allegations (quite rightly) but its been claimed that that it is a private sector project.
According to the BBC this is not so:
The register is an initiative of Action Against Business Crime (AABC), which is a partnership between the Home Office and the British Retail Consortium.
So its the public sector in collusion with aspects of the private sector (although can this really be called the private sector if its relying on government support?).
Another point is that this will surely leave the door open to defamation cases. I’m sure unions and other groups would help fund action against an employer who put information on the register. (As an aside, this is the sort of thing unions should be doing, defending the rights of their members through the legal system).
(HatTip: Tim Worstall at The Business (or Spectator as it now seems to be)
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