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Fed shares concerns about employment law reforms with business secretary

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The Federation of Independent Retailers’ (The Fed) national president Hetal Patel has written to business secretary Peter Kyle calling for the government to implement the Employment Rights Act carefully and communicate clearly with small businesses such as independent retailers so they can prepare. In the…

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