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Police widen investigation into neonatal deaths at Countess of Chester Hospital to include gross negligence manslaughter by individuals.
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The Employment Lawyers’ Association wants the government to stop treating employment tribunals as a ‘poor relation’ to other court cases.
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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to every branch of McDonald’s in the UK warning that owners could face action if they fail to protect staff from sexual harassment.
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Eligible professions for Skilled Worker visas include ‘canine beautician’. If that isn’t eyebrow-raising enough, it also includes ‘immigration officer’.
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Engineer wins unfair dismissal and age discrimination claim in a case where employment tribunal found colleagues had trespassed his home.
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Equality, diversity and inclusion
Multinationals to play down DEI achievements in response to US policy
Fewer UK-owned global companies will proclaim their commitment to DEI because of how that might impact their position in the US.
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As many as one in seven NHS staff (14.38%) experienced physical violence from patients, their relatives or other members of the public in 2024, NHS data has shown. According to …
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Employers in the care sector must now prioritise recruiting workers from England, according to new rules laid before parliament this week.
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More than one in 10 organisations (13%) have been involved in employment tribunals relating to neurodiversity, worrying new research has suggested. The Neurodiversity Index 2025 report from City & Guilds …
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US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse last month.
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The scrapping of NHS England raises questions over the training of healthcare workers in critical areas such as infection control and hospital-acquired infections.
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The Home Office wants to ensure employers use the existing pool of workers resident in UK before issuing new sponsor licences.
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Wes Streeting told MPs there were currently 15,300 staff at NHS England, and 3,300 in the Department of Health and Social Care. About half of the posts would go, he added.
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The retailer said it did not believe “it would be right” to pay a bonus this year as it continues to reinvest in the business.
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The Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority have written to Treasury Committee MPs to state they will retain existing framework rather than apply new DEI measures.