Following the Government’s announcement last year that it intends to increase the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from one to two years on 6 April 2012, we understand that BIS has informally stated that the changes will only affect those employees who commence employment on or after that date.
This means that all those already in employment and those who start work prior to 6 April will retain the one year qualifying period.
This has not yet been formally confirmed, but it is probably only a matter of time…
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