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Government announces Lasting Power of Attorney “revamp”
Lucy Bluck
After the speculation the dust has settled on the budget. It is fair to say there was not much there to excite employment lawyers or to free businesses from their burdens. The major change was the announcement that dual discrimination will not come into force. Whilst it is possible to spin this by saying employers will not face these claims and so cut their costs and risks, the reality is that it will not make much difference. Conceptually employees who can bring dual discrimination claims will now be left with no legal protection. However, in practice employees are very likely to bring individual discrimination claims. Therefore, employers will need to defend, settle or otherwise deal with such claims.
Other announcements were a repeat of previous announcements including:
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Lucy Bluck
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