Jabba, I know Andrew, good bloke and I like him, but on the other hand , I have never worked for him.
I have also yet to find an employer that doesn't think that any form of industrial legislation is not the end of civilization as we know it. My boss is also a fair and reasonable bloke (and also a friend of mine ) but he is also bound by legislation. If you think that all employers are benevolent........your dreaming. I have worked for employers that would be quite happy in a gulag and if it wasn't for legislation, their employees might as well be in one.
