The government is having second thoughts about removing the ceiling on unfair dismissal awards (now £12,000), which it proposed to abolish in its Fairness at Work white paper. Trade secretary Peter Mandelson is said to be rowing back after an outcry from industry, and the ceiling could instead be lifted, possibly to £50,000.
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