The TUC has called for a 37p increase in the adult national minimum wage to help fight the credit crunch. The union umbrella body wants the rate to rise to £6.10 an hour from next October, and also said it should be paid from the age of 21, rat  More...
01 December 2008 14:22

Eurostar staff rosters have been branded "unfair" by union bosses sparking warnings that staff may strike in the run-up to Christmas. Members of both the RMT and TSSA trade unions have voted in favour of industrial action, which they hope will force   More...
01 December 2008 10:23

Step in Time Limited v (1) Fox and (2) Hunter Facts Mrs Hunter raised a grievance about a reduction in her working hours at Step in Time Ltd, a traditional Scottish and Irish dance and dancewear company. When the grievance was not resolved   More...
26 November 2008 17:48

Turkey might well be off the Christmas list for many people across the UK as a meat inspector strike threatens the supply of the festive bird. Inspectors voted two to one in favour of strike action in a row over cuts to overtime payments and the int  More...
24 November 2008 11:19

Unison has lost a tribunal case over allegations that Somerset County Council failed to consult properly with staff as part of a £400m shared-services deal. The trade union took the council to an employment tribunal claiming there was a failure to pr  More...
24 November 2008 11:08

'Times are hard' is the message employers are receiving from the news these days. And there are daily reports of job losses as the economy tightens, with talk of another 'winter of discontent' as pay budgets become less flexible in both the public  More...
21 November 2008 18:15

Doctors, nurses and other NHS staff are being called on to develop new standards to measure and improve the quality of care in the health service. Local NHS organisations are being encouraged to engage with staff to help develop a framework for new   More...
20 November 2008 13:01

Unite has vowed that its NHS members will hold a day of action in December over the government's NHS pay offer. The largest union in the country, Unite said it would hold a 'work to rule' day on Wednesday, 3 December over what it described as the "  More...
18 November 2008 11:54

The Metropolitan Police Service has denied it has reached an out-of-court settlement with assistant commissioner Tarique Ghaffur over his allegations of race discrimination. Reports in the Daily Mail claimed that Ghaffur would receive a £300,00  More...
14 November 2008 14:45

The number of people taking part in strikes has almost doubled in the past year, according to official figures. A report from the Office for National Statistics found that the number of workers involved in labour disputes increased from 429,000 in t  More...
14 November 2008 07:23

The long awaited revised Acas Code of Practice for handling disciplinaries and grievances in the workplace has been published. The code has been approved by business secretary Lord Mandelson and will now be put before Parliament for its approv  More...
10 November 2008 13:26

Unions have accused brewing giant Carlsberg of misleading staff after it announced the closure of its Leeds brewery – just weeks after hundreds of staff members had attended three days of compulsory 'career development' training. Last week  More...
10 November 2008 12:01

Payouts for equal pay, unfair dismissal, and religious and sexual orientation discrimination jumped as total employment tribunal payouts hit £32m in 2006-07, new statistics have revealed. A Freedom of Information Act request by the Sunday Telegr  More...
10 November 2008 10:10

Acas has quashed rumours that it will not receive anywhere near the 'up to £37m' promised by the government to clamp down on unnecessary employment tribunals. The arbitration service announced the three-year funding package earlier this year , desig  More...
10 November 2008 07:30

A one-day strike by civil servants set to take place on 10 November has been called off. The national executive committee of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) met this morning (Friday) and decided to suspend the walk-out and the overtim  More...
07 November 2008 16:10

Law firm Hammonds has become the latest casualty of the credit crunch as it has announced a redundancy consultation process. Managing partner Peter Crossley said: "Unfortunately, difficult market conditions have made it necessary for us to review   More...
06 November 2008 13:55

NHS HR chiefs are optimistic about the year ahead, with nearly half claiming that staff morale has improved over the past 12 months, according to an internal poll. Nearly half (45%) of 139 HR directors polled prior to the NHS Employers annual confe  More...
06 November 2008 09:00

Tesco is sending all 280,000 of its UK employees a guide to managing their money as it ramps up its efforts to help them through the economic crisis. The supermarket giant is distributing the Financial Services Authority's essential guide to personal  More...
04 November 2008 07:36

The government could force employers to take staff complaints to independent mediators as it bids to cut the number of cases going to tribunals. Michael Gibbons, whose 2007 report led to the creation of a new dispute resolution system through the E  More...
03 November 2008 08:41

French IT services firm Steria faces industrial action over its plans to transfer jobs working on a contract with the Co-operative banking group to India. Trade union Unite is to ballot its members at Steria following the company's announcement of p  More...
30 October 2008 10:17