Employment law

Morrisons shop workers fighting for equal pay have overcome another step in their legal process following an employment tribunal judgment.

Failure to provide a lockable office to nurse led to sex discrimination tribunal ruling.

New legislation around zero-hours working risks enveloping agency workers and pushing companies into promoting ‘false self-employment’, MPs hear.

The introduction of the Carer’s Leave Act last year has prompted more organisations to implement workplace policies to support staff.

MPs will table amendment for Employment Rights Bill to include statutory bereavement leave for workers who suffer a miscarriage.

EHRC briefs MPs on impact of Employment Rights Bill, including compatibility of the rights regarding harassment and freedom of expression.

Working parents increasingly stressed as number of employees who say employer is highly supportive of family life falls by nearly a third.

The chairman of the Metropolitan Black Police Association has been dismissed for gross misconduct after exchanging thousands of racist, homophobic and misogynist WhatsApp messages.

Staff at advertising giant WPP launch a petition ahead of the introduction of a four-day office return policy.

Workers who started their careers during Covid are being urged to help with an inquiry into the “hybrid generation”.

The case brings into sharp focus the complexity of employment status – something that the Labour government has promised to simplify.

Prejudice over regional accents is rife in the legal profession, a KC has claimed, and should be made a legally protected characteristic.

The CIPD is urging employers to offer flexible working provisions as more weather warnings are issued across the UK.

The situation at South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is described as “nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch”

Whisky shop worker's claim that an air kiss amounted to sexual harassment is dismissed at the employment tribunal.