Employee relations

The head of the TUC's new workplace learning initiative has called on employers to put aside their reluctance about working with trade unions and get involved with the project

Last month's outline agreement between GMB representatives for Asda workers and the company has collapsed and the union is balloting members in a call for industrial action

Around 20,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) working in the Ministry of Defence (MoD) began voting today in an indicative ballot for industrial action over job cuts and privatisation

Cabin crew at budget airline Easyjet are to vote on industrial action in a long-running dispute over pay, the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G) has said

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