Don’t take risks with jobs recovery, CIPD warns Mandelson

The CIPD and the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) have called on the government to avoid any further statutory increases in the cost of employing staff during what looks like being a "jobs-light" economic recovery. In a joint letter to Lord Mandelson, the secretary of state for business, the CIPD and BCC warn of the consequences of the 1 per cent increase in employers’ national insurance contributions (NICs) scheduled for April 2011, and recommend a freeze in the youth and development rates of the national minimum wage to avoid counteracting the impact of the government’s own measures to combat rising youth unemployment.