Employment law

The government is looking to slash Civil Service redundancy pay and change pension terms for staff who leave through voluntary or compulsory redundancy.

Office attendance is now at just 1.5 days on average in the UK, according to research, with Mondays and Fridays very empty.

The great resignation has a new companion: the ‘quiet quitter’. But how do we know who is a quiet quitter and what do they mean for HR?

With more 30c+ temperatures across the UK and Mediterranean-type summers set to become the norm, employment lawyer Clare Davis, looks at some of the quandaries faced by employers over heatwaves

Employers are more than twice as likely (102%) to offer enhanced parental leave packages compared with last year, analysis has shown.

With temperatures across the UK set to climb this week, employers are advised to be flexible and promote sensible behaviours.

CIPD report suggests zero-hours contracts benefits can include a better work-life balance.

HMRC has received 13,775 whistleblower reports about furlough fraud cases as people report their employers, and ex-employers.

The number of people driving for Uber has hit an all-time high, the company’s second quarter results have revealed.

A West Midlands Trains employee was overheard making a comment about 'black priviledge' to his wife while participating in an online training session.

A Labour MP's former aide claimed she was marginalised and isolated after she made a whistleblowing complaint.

Employers need to be particularly sympathetic to flexible working requests over summer as parents balance child care and work responsibilities

Hybrid working research by JLL shows that employees need areas in the office for focused work they might otherwise do at home.

In Biggs v A Bilbrough & Co, solicitor branded a ‘ballbreaker’ is awarded £152,000 after successfully claiming sex discrimination and victimisation.

EU member states must apply rules to improve work-life balance for parents and carers by transposing the Work-Life Balance Directive into law.