British Airways is to make more than 100 pilots redundant, with pay-offs of up to £150,000 each, because of the...
Employment law
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Friday Podcast: Economic recovery, incapacity benefits, £45,000 unfair dismissal award for lewd prank
by Rob Mossby Rob MossHR news and analysis including: HR warns against jumping on the ‘green shoots’ bandwagon; Employers turn to incapacity benefits to...
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Agency workers are a step closer to receiving the same pay and conditions as permanent staff after just 12 weeks...
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A black Royal Navy officer has lost his claim for racial discrimination after being nicknamed ‘Robert Mugabe’ by his former...
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Kellogg’s staff clock off at lunchtime on Friday for summer working scheme
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryEmployees at cereal maker Kellogg’s are being given Friday afternoons off over the summer – providing they have already worked...
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Top construction firm Sir Robert McAlpine is facing a claim from a black-listed bricklayer who believes he was refused work...
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I became European HR director at BearingPoint in July 2004. I had a succession of global HR leaders as my...
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Former fireman Andrew Bridge was awarded £45,000 in damages recently by Manchester Employment Tribunal after it upheld his claim of...
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Microsoft has confirmed up to 150 UK jobs will be among the 5,000 positions lost globally as the software giant reduces...
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The Equality Bill 2009, published last month, is the government’s as attempt to consolidate all the nation’s discrimination legislation and...
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The board wants HR to tighten up on expenses. This means tackling abuses. I doubt there are many large fiddles of our system, which is automated, but by its very nature, it is open to some abuse. What should we do if we find an employee abusing the system? Also, should someone who is fiddling their expenses for a few pounds be treated the same as if it were a much larger amount?
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Policeman's disability: EAT ruling
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Employers are still unsure whether staff can accrue holiday pay while they are on sick leave. A hearing on a...
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Swine flu is here in the UK, and no-one is sure how widely it will spread, and how severely it will strike.There were three flu...
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HR news and views including:
Swine flu: should employers really pay attention to the media hype and should HR be...