Employment law

The government has confirmed it will progress amendments to the forthcoming Employment Rights Bill around miscarriage leave to the House of Lords.

Dog owners are more likely to want to adjust their working hours and/or work from home so as to be...

Offering support for parents of babies requiring neonatal care, through the introduction of statutory neonatal care leave, is another major step forward for family rights – but present new challenges for businesses.

Although the Employment Rights Bill is still making its way through parliament, there are a number of obligations coming into force this April.

The NHS is relying on workers who originally come from countries where there is a critical shortage of health specialists.

Task masking is a new buzzword for ‘getting out of doing something you should have been doing’. But is it really needed?

The draft Employment Rights (Increase of Limits) Order 2025, which applies to England, Wales and Scotland, is now before parliament.

Sullivan Review shows how biological sex has been erased from official data and that the meaning of sex is ‘no longer stable’.

Ice-cream firm Ben & Jerry’s has said its chief executive, David Stever, was being removed by its parent company, Unilever, over the company’s political and social activism.

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.