Employee relations

If the BBC closes its final salary pension scheme to new members, as broadcasting union Bectu fears, strikes are likely to follow

Cleaners who work in some of London's top financial institutions are being ballotted in a long-running pay dispute

Butlins holiday company may have to pay out £1m to 20,000 workers after an Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) ruled that the company had acted unlawfully in charging staff for the cost of heating and lighting in their accommodation, according to the GMB union

Workers at the Learning and Skills Councils (LSC) across England have voted overwhelmingly for a one-day strike followed by selective action in a dispute over plans to cut jobs

A lesbian estate agent said she was sacked from a company that claims to be Britain's first gay and lesbian owned and run property agency for getting pregnant

Dominique de Villepin digs in heels over youth employment law that allows companies to sack staff within two years.

British Airways (BA) pilots have urged their union to reject changes proposed by the airline to stem the company's huge retirement fund deficit

Future strikes over local government pensions could be in jeopardy because of union in-fighting about dates for action.Local government sources...

The local government pensions strike provided the perfect backdrop for a fiery debate at the Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA) annual conference in Brighton last week.

Representatives from the public and private sector and across the political spectrum have united in their condemnation of "selfish" strikes by trade unions.

Cutting training budgets will have an obvious impact on skills ('US delight as EU firms slash training budgets', Personnel Today, 21 March)

The Metropolitan Police force is investigating allegations of the improper use of taxpayer’s money

Public sector union Unison reacts angrily to the government's insistance that the pensions 'rule of 85' breaches age discrimination regulations

The row over public sector pensions looks set to become more complex as Scottish ministers showed signs of weakening

University and college lecturers' unions involved in an ongoing dispute over pay have rejected a "derisory" 6% pay increase offered by employers