Employment law

Broadband traffic on Friday afternoons during summer 8% lower between 3:00pm and 5:00pm compared to winter, as workers finish early.

Former partner loses disability discrimination claim over ‘shocking and disappointing’ £10,000 bonus for year when he worked 18 days.

Number of disability discrimination cases received by Acas for early conciliation from employment tribunals increases by 40.7%.

Nearly 50,000 businesses were in critical financial distress in the spring, an increase of 21.4% compared with the previous year.

The TUC has today (Monday) has told Conservative and Lib Dem peers to ‘stop trying to block’ stronger rights for millions of workers.

A complaint of maternity discrimination against Manchester-based Bright HR has been upheld by an employment tribunal after a saleswoman said that her request to return to her role after having a baby was greeted with derision.

A woman with a ADHD diagnosis has partially succeeded in her claim against her employer Capgemini UK on the basis of failure to make reasonable adjustments.

There’s not a legal obligation for people in this situation to resign but termination may be justified, even though the event happened outside of work, says an employment lawyer.

About 550 workers at US company Oscar Mayer in Wrexham had been involved in 200 strike days between September 2024 and April 2025.

The cutting of 180 occupations from the Skilled Worker visa and the decision to close the Health and Care worker route to overseas workers has come under fire from the House of Lords.

Women’s rights charity accuses select committees of being ‘openly hostile’ to preferred candidate for chair of equality watchdog.

An executive whose job was given to someone else while she was off sick with cancer has won £1.2 million in compensation at tribunal.

Home Office agreement made with food couriers Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats to crack down on illegal working.

Study into 141 million files found in data breaches shows that 82% of incidents have included HR information, according to Lab 1.

Workplace Relations Commission adjudicator halts hearing after respondent’s witness joins video call from a busy train.