Employers should focus on stress not employment law - Canada Life

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Addressing employee stress is far more productive than agitating to sack unproductive workers, Canada Life has said.

Commenting on Adrian Beecroft's leaked report into the dismissal of unproductive workers, instigated by David Cameron, Paul Avis, sales and marketing director at Canada Life Group Insurance, said employers have a responsibility to understand why it is that certain members of staff are not performing at full potential. He said: "The recommendations made in Adrian Beecroft's report on Employment Law make sense on one level - it is important that businesses run as efficiently as possible, and understandably employers expect their employees to work to the best of their abilities. "As stat...

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