Employee relations

More than three in five (62%) of employment tribunal claims were settled before their final hearing, according to new figures.

More than 350 bin workers based in the city of Birmingham have begun strike action over a pay dispute.

Suicide prevention charity R;pple and creative agency Havas People win Work of the Year at the RAD Awards 2025

The British Medical Association is facing a walk-out after claims it had underpaid tens of advisers.

Workers at outsourcer Capita have begun strike action in a dispute over their employer’s refusal to negotiate a pay award for 2024.

Avanti West Coast train staff have suspended their strikes set for the next two Sundays to allow for talks.

Staff at advertising giant WPP launch a petition ahead of the introduction of a four-day office return policy.

Avanti West Coast staff will go on strike as planned this Sunday (12 January) as the dispute over pay continues, the RMT union confirms.

England’s biggest teaching union, the National Education Union, has announced it will ballot on strike action.
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RMT general secretary Mick Lynch to retire in May at the age of 63, after four years leading the rail union.

Volkswagen has agreed a deal with the IG Metall trade union that will avoid further strikes, plant closures in Germany and immediate compulsory redundancies.

Staff at Coventry University are threatening to strike after learning that around 100 workers could lose their jobs.

The GMB Union urges the Pay Review Body (PRB) to ensure NHS workers’ pay awards next April are “truly independent”.

Avanti West Coast workers will now strike over New Year's Eve and on Sundays between January and May.

The government has approved the takeover of Royal Mail’s parent company to Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky.