UK waters down unfair dismissal plan after business pushback

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's government watered down plans to strengthen workers' protection against unfair dismissal on Thursday, saying employees would get the new rights six months after starting a job, not from their ​first day as originally planned. The change - which followed talks with businesses that had warned that initial proposals would make hiring more ‌difficult - removed the last major hurdle for the Employment Rights Bill to pass into law, the government said in an update.