Employee relations

HR managers at food service company 3663 have been left embarrassed after some of its lorry drivers were mistakenly overpaid for several months

The Information and Consultation Directive has prompted a flurry of activity among employers to improve staff communication arrangements, but there is still room for improvement. Mike Berry reports

Union leaders have demanded double-crewing of all Northern Line trains and daily safety checks after the emergency braking system failed for the fourth time

Channel Tunnel train company Eurostar is suspending its services to Brussels today because of a one-day strike by Belgian workers

Talks aimed at averting industrial action at Aberdeen Council have collapsed.

Retail union Usdaw is seeking urgent talks with management at pharmacy giants Boots and Unichem after its £7bn merger announcement.

UK employers are losing £69m a year by failing to tackle workplace disputes, research claims.

Conciliation service Acas has launched a DVD designed to guide employers and individuals through the employment tribunal process.

Many workers are still not comfortable about sharing bad news with their managers, although the situation is improving, according to a survey of 900,000 employees

Half of workers say their employers dont communicate well, and 60% of them plan to jump ship

The planned strike at Morrisons has been averted at the last minute

A meeting of workers sacked in a dispute with Gate Gourmet last night overwhelmingly voted to accept a deal

The internet is helping the trade union movement transform the way it recruits and deals with its members, according to a new research paper

Morrisons representatives will sit down with the GMB and T&G unions today in talks to avert a national strike over the supermarket's plam to close distribution depots and cut up to 2,500 jobs

The construction of Heathrow's terminal five could be delayed if strike action by steelworkers goes ahead