Climate emergency
Environmental activism: how can an employer impose its views?
Encouraging employees to adopt a greener lifestyle is one thing, but how far can employers go in terms of building...
Personnel Today Awards 2019: Reconomy bags new Sustainable Business Award
Waste reduction business Reconomy were crowned winners of this new category for 2019, which recognises employers that have sustainability at...
Parties to pledge support for employers at CBI
Political party leaders will speak to the CBI later today at its annual conference as they try to persuade the...
Co-op Bank, unions and retailers join global climate emergency strike
Several companies are supporting employees in the UK who are participating in the Global Climate Strike protests taking place today.
Company to make single-use plastic a disciplinary offence
A Sheffield-based company has announced plans to make it a disciplinary offence to bring single-use plastic into the office.
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Firefighter union calls for urgent recruitment drive
The Fire Brigades Union is calling on the government to reverse a decade of severe cuts after analysis shows that...
‘General strike’ proposed to support Greta Thunberg climate protests
UK employers face a 30-minute “general strike” in support of the Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, according to a motion...
Climate change discrimination case settled out of court
The landmark case which enabled an employee to claim his environmental views amounted to a philosophical belief and should be...
Climate change ruling sends shivers through discrimination law
The recent ruling that a belief in climate change could be within the scope of religious or belief discrimination regulations could have major implications. Jonathan Exten-Wright analyses the possible effects of the EAT's judgment.
Climate change beliefs case is no cause for alarm, say experts
Employment experts have urged the profession not to panic following a ruling that employees’ philosophical beliefs should be legally protected....
Ex-employee can sue for unfair dismissal over climate change beliefs
A senior manager who has alleged he was unfairly dismissed on the basis of his views on climate change can take...
TUC calls on employers to protect staff from impacts of climate change
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on employers to do more to protect their staff from the impacts of...
