Templeman fires closing broadside
Miles Templeman, who has stood down as director general of the business group after seven years in the post, said the approach to employment regulation was a prime example where “no progress” had been made in reducing the regulation burden.
The coalition had some well-meant initiatives, said Templeman, but he added that the situation was “getting worse”, citing the Agency Workers Directive, which he said would cost business £2 billion, and next year’s auto-enrolment of pensions, costing, he claimed, £3bn.
“Government should be helping to create jobs, not hammering businesses with new rules,” he said.