Employment law

Vodafone sacked or disciplined 429 employees for fraud or ethical breaches last year, according to figures revealed in its annual...

Employment relations minister Pat McFadden has refused to rule out further employment legislation this year. He told HR professionals last...

Employers should factor in the provision of personal financial advice ahead of implementing voluntary redundancy programmes, according to consultants Watson Wyatt.The...

A leading construction union has accused the government of complacency about workplace safety which is putting employees’ lives at risk.Ucatt...

Kimberley Group Housing Ltd v Hambley & others Angel Services (UK) Ltd v Hambley & othersFACTS Leena Homes had a...

The government White Paper on the Equality Bill was published on 26 June 2008. And although it doesn’t go as...

It would appear that despite the HR voices, equality minister Harriet Harman is adamant that mandatory pay audits and positive...

Employment relations minister Pat McFadden this morning pledged to save HR professionals across the UK £1m per day in consultancy...

Half of the UK’s engineering firms are now offering flexible working, with 40% allowing homeworking, according to research by the...

New guidance for organisations about whistle-blowing arrangments has been released to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Public Interest...

MPs have rejected claims that spending £35m to reduce the burden of regulation on employers could yield a 50-fold return.A...

HR legal eagles will need to swap their summer read for some serious Equality Bill swotting, following the raft of...

‘No-win no-fee’ lawyers at the heart of the equal pay chaos that is overwhelming local councils could face tighter controls...

Private firms received a let-off when the Equality Bill was laid before Parliament – as stringent transparency measures for employee...

Civil servants handling personal information will have to undergo annual training as part of a range of measures to prevent...