Employment law

UK and US slip down the league as Finnish workplaces make a major contribution to the country's success in the World Happiness Index.

An Ofsted inspector who was sacked after brushing water off a child’s head was unfairly dismissed, according to the Court of Appeal.

Santander has announced plans to close 95 branches across the UK, putting 750 jobs at risk.

Tri-service team to handle bullying, discrimination and harassment complaints, 'independent' of army, air force and navy chain of command.

A Met Police sergeant who brought 271 individual allegations to an employment tribunal has had all claims dismissed.

New laws will help seafarers but further specific action needs to be taken by ministers.

Police widen investigation into neonatal deaths at Countess of Chester Hospital to include gross negligence manslaughter by individuals.

The Employment Lawyers’ Association wants the government to stop treating employment tribunals as a ‘poor relation’ to other court cases.

Eligible professions for Skilled Worker visas include ‘canine beautician’. If that isn't eyebrow-raising enough, it also includes ‘immigration officer’.

Engineer wins unfair dismissal and age discrimination claim in a case where employment tribunal found colleagues had trespassed his home.

Employers in the care sector must now prioritise recruiting workers from England, according to new rules laid before parliament this week.

US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse last month.

The Home Office wants to ensure employers use the existing pool of workers resident in UK before issuing new sponsor licences.

Wes Streeting told MPs there were currently 15,300 staff at NHS England, and 3,300 in the Department of Health and Social Care. About half of the posts would go, he added.

Return-to-office mandates could disadvantage more than a million disabled workers, according to new research.