Legal opinion

Employment lawyer Sarah Evans says the Angela Rayner scandal emphasises the government's inaction to introduce new duties on employers to prevent harassment at work.

Employment lawyer Nicola Smyrl examines the new rules and potential costs around digital right-to-work checks

Christian doctor dismissed for refusing to refer to transgender people by their preferred pronouns is appealing a 2019 judgment at the employment tribunal.

As more details emerge of the government’s flagship Scale-up visa, Vanessa Ganguin examines the potential benefits for employers and applicants.

The Court of Appeal judgment in Pimlico Plumbers v Smith ruled that holiday pay can carry over and accumulate until a contract ends. Holly Milne examines the detail

Diversity in the workplace is unanimously agreed to be a good thing, but the law governing routes to achieving this is less favourably regarded.

It is imperative that employers understand how to handle flexible working requests and consider the risks associated with them.

This week’s 11th hour decision not to make vaccination against Covid-19 a condition of employment in NHS and social care...

Darren Newman explains the potential risks reducing sick pay for the unvaccinated in terms of contractual entitlements, discrimination and employee relations.

As some employers reveal that they have removed contractual sick pay from unvaccinated staff, Joanne Moseley examines the legal risks...

Fifteen years after the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 came into force, Sarah Evans examines why the law, since suberseded...

A House of Lords debate on the introduction of mandatory ethnicity pay reporting outlined why this issue needs a business...

‘Mad rush’ to attain EU settlement status in June but employers face difficulties with skills and red tape.

Alan Lewis examines the grey area of work trials and their interpretation under national minimum wage rules.

New figures show 37% fall in work-related visas.