The first reading of Wayne Mapp's Private Member's Bill "Employment Relations (Probationary Employment) Amendment Bill" happens tonight. It would see the introduction of a three month probationary period for new employees. This move would encourage businesses to take on staff. The anti-business Greens naturally oppose it. According to Sue Bradford;
"If Dr Mapp's bill goes through, employees will be sacked at will during the first three months on the job. Even worse, once sacked, they become liable for a stand down of up to 13 weeks from Work and Income once they register back in the benefit system. People will be scared to start jobs and scared to change them."
She has just handed another reason to layabouts why they should stay on the dole. By the way, no stand down period applies to the DPB so she will have to find another excuse for single parents, especially those 46,000 with school-age children only, not to take a job.
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