Royal Mail is reportedly planning to begin a fresh round of cost-cutting that unions fear may trigger 40,000 job losses and a major switch from full-time to part-time work
Employee relations
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MPs from all parties have rejected the complete relaxation of Sunday trading hours in a survey for retail union Usdaw.
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A walkout by traffic wardens in the London Borough of Hackney has moved a step closer.
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Jobcentre, benefit office and Child Support Agency staff are beginning a two-day strike today in a dispute over service levels and government job cuts.
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I am an HR director of a large creative agency. We have two members of staff who are both hugely creative and are each critical to the reputation and success of the organisation. Unfortunately, there is a huge amount of professional jealousy between them
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New legislation about informing and consulting staff came into force last April. Jonny Gifford of the Institute for Employment Studies charts its progress
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What impact have the dispute resolution regulations had?
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Workers building the £4bn fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport have gone on strike, for the second time in two months
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More than 1,000 members of staff at Whipps Cross University Hospital in London have been asked for their ideas on how to save money at the trust
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NHS Pensions Agency (NHSPA) staff are expected to strike today over plans to privatise NHS pensions
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Shopworkers have overwhelmingly rejected any extension to Sunday trading hours as the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) launches a consultation on this controversial issue.
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Sacked store worker goes to tribunal to deny making inappropriate comments about breast enhancers.
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Mutual life and pensions company, Royal London, has installed security software to snoop on the computer activity of its 2,900 staff across the UK
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A group of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) sufferers has lost an appeal for the right to claim compensation from airlines
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Just a day after peace broke out at London Underground, train drivers are to vote again on whether to strike