Employee relations

The exact schedule for the Employment Rights Bill is still uncertain, but there are a number of practical measures HR...

As senior doctors start voting on whether they could strike, we round up the health unions' stance on pay and who might strike again.

Poundland plans to close 68 stores and two warehouses with reports estimating that between 1,000 and 2,000 jobs are at risk.

A number of figures in the HR and employment space have been awarded in the King’s birthday honours list.
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Employers are deploying a way of encouraging disenchantment among workers to trim numbers. But there are major risks attached

Discrimination and harassment cases hit their highest levels in companies in 2024, and data blind spots are affecting how companies respond.

An employment tribunal has awarded a £2m payout to almost 10,000 former employees of high street retailer Wilko.

Chair of the Employment Lawyers' Association: ‘The evidence is clear. The tribunal cannot cope with the rising tide of employment litigation.’

A radical departure from the adversarial approach of employers, employees, management and unions is needed – Pete Colby, Pragmatism.

Nurses in health service in England, Wales and Northern Ireland begin voting in consultative ballot on 3.6% pay rise.

The ballot, which resulted in 97% of workers voting in favour of strike action on a 75% turnout, means strike action could last until December.

UCU members at Edinburgh University to strike for one day this month and for five days during 'welcome week' in September.

May 2025's top HR questions include one about a new criminal offence for an organisational failure to prevent fraud.

The House of Lords will resume their detailed scrutiny of the Employment Rights Bill at committee stage on Tuesday 3 June.

Black employees are at the highest risk of being targeted by workplace surveillance, according to research from the IPPR.