Employment law

The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex.

An accountant has received a EU145,000 payout after winning an unfair dismissal case against her employer.

Parliament is to be recalled to debate an emergency law to save British Steel’s plant in Scunthorpe from imminent closure.

A recent tribunal hearing has cast light on the experiences of people with ADHD.

An employment tribunal has ruled against a garage apprentice who said his ADHD caused him to be unfairly dismissed from...

Younger workers who started work after the pandemic expect to be paid more to work in the office full time, according to a study by BSI and think-tank Respublica.

Rob Moss examines eight potential new equality laws, including race and disability equal pay rules and dual discrimination claims.

Union branch submits motion to the Scottish Trades Union Congress for polyamory and polyamorous relationships to be protected rights.

A senior manager at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant accepted bribes including an £11,000 quad bike, a tribunal hearing has revealed.

Krishma Bathia, senior associate at Birketts law firm, highlights key factors that employers must consider when hiring international workers.

ECHR rejects legal challenge by Sir Philip Green to stop parliamentary privilege allowing the disclosure of names in privacy injunctions.

A fifth of employees have had a flexible working request denied, with almost a third of these down to employers' fears about productivity. 

Of all businesses surveyed about right to work checks, 80% answered at least one compliance question incorrectly, and are at risk of non-compliance.

Rising levels of sickness are taking a toll on many workplaces, research has suggested, with employers reporting increased absence affecting...

Employment tribunal finds part-time lecturer at London-based Capital City College (CCC) faced less favourable treatment.