Employee relations

Employers have been urged to do more to engage with trade unions over issues such as training if they want to maintain good industrial relations.

Conciliation service Acas has published its latest policy paper on the reform of the employment tribunal system.

PCS and Department of Work and Pensions fail to see eye to eye over extent of disruption.

Tribunal claims fall by nearly 30%.

Members of the PCS union have staged a second two-day walkout over planned job cuts at the DWP.

Most employers negotiate or consult with unions on pay issues

The Learning and Skills Council has denied unions claims that it is testing staff IQ as part of plans to make redundancies

Union claims job cuts could be avoided at Learning and Skills Council.

The union wants to set up a national committee to liaise with Tesco centrally about jobs, pay and conditions

One out, some outResults of a strike ballot of union members at Learning and Skills Councils (LSC) in England are...

Wal-Mart has bowed to mounting criticism over the way it treats its staff by changing healthcare programmes for its part-time workers

Union warns of courtroom chaos as jobs are axed.

The UK's labour laws make it an attractive place to create jobs as well as easy to get rid of them, employers say

Strong doubts have been raised about the formation of a new 'super union', with less than eight months to go until its planned launch

Union wins improved pay, sickness, pensions and training deal for cleaners