Legal opinion

As Anti-Bullying Week draws to a close, will better awareness reduce instances of it in the workplace or just increase...

More and more employees now work outside the office, whether for better work-life balance or to match the demands of...

The Government has announced plans to get tougher on employers who take on immigrant labour illegally. Lawyer Vikki Wiberg suggests...

Streaming media giant Netflix has announced that it will offer new parents unlimited paid leave for a year. But employers...

Research issued last month by the Equality and Human Rights Commission showed that 54,000 new mothers are forced out of...

Only three penalties have been imposed against employers for breaching their legal obligations “with aggravating features” since they were brought...

A business faced with potentially serious employee misconduct, particularly by someone senior, will face some difficult choices and risks. Yvonne...

Pop star Robbie Williams and his wife have been accused of sexual harassment against a former employee. There are numerous...

If commission should be included in holiday pay, what reference period should be used to calculate how much an employee...

Chris Tutton looks at how the coalition Government’s controversial Shares for Rights scheme has been used since its introduction, and...

Last week, Ukip said employers should be allowed to discriminate...

Determining whether or not TUPE applies to an outsourcing or insourcing situation can be a headache for employers. Linda Glover...

Recent academic research looking into the impact of employee share ownership provides some fairly compelling data to support arguments that...

If an employer has operations in more than one country, with employees who are not always based in the same...

For years HR professionals have told managers not to penalise women who want flexible working arrangements, but have we forgotten...