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An increase in background checks carried out in response to new day-one employment rights could lead to more discrimination cases
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Birmingham City Council agrees to settle 6,000 equal pay claims brought by both past and present staff four years after they were launched.
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One in four workers plan to quit their jobs in 2025 according to predicted attrition data from 10 million UK employees.
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Employers that fail to comply with the statutory code of practice on dismissal and re-engagement could be forced to pay more from January next year.
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The number of women on boards of the UK’s top 150 companies continues to rise, from 40% in 2023 to 43% in 2024.
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A woman who sent tasks to a colleague before submitting his work as her own has lost her case for constructive dismissal.
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The government plans to recruit start-up workers from the tech industry to embed a more innovative culture and help it run more efficiently.
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The latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG report on labour market trends found the Budget in late October had led to a reassessment of staffing need by clients.
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Private sector median pay awards have fallen slightly in the three months ending in October, from 4% to 3.9%.
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Physchological distance: Leadership consultant Nik Kinley examines the lessons we can learn from the Gregg Wallace controversy
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Recruiters make pioneering use of toilet paper while a nicotine pouch company from Scandinavia tells us Brits to stop drinking so much tea at work.
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A consultation has been launched in Northern Ireland on gender, ethnicity and disability pay gap reporting.
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From seemingly throwaway remarks to out-of-the-blue dismissals, here are 10 of the more bizarre and unusual employment tribunal cases from 2024.
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A group of 24 union leaders has written to the government urging it to go further with reform to statutory sick pay (SSP).
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Almost two-thirds of employers in the UK financial services sector are struggling to attract young talent, research has revealed.