Department For Work And Pensions Research On Curriculum Vitae

EDM number 1775 in 2008-09, proposed by Brian Binley on 30/06/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Employment and Research and innovation.

That this House believes the recent research conducted by the Department for Work and Pensions which involved sending fake curriculum vitae to thousands of businesses was unethical and a waste of business time; notes that no formal consultation was held with the business community before conducting this research; further notes that businesses already struggle with employment law, as illustrated by a British Chambers of Commerce survey which showed that 47 per cent. of the smallest businesses found navigating employment law difficult; and calls on the Government to apologise.

This motion has been signed by a total of 20 MPs.