Employment law

Q What is a casual worker?A The phrase ‘casual worker’ is often used to describe workers who are not part...

Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection v WardFACTS The claimant, Ms S Ward, had been employed by the Commission for...

European employment ministers are attempting to thrash out deals on agency workers and working time at a meeting in Luxembourg.Ministers...

Business secretary John Hutton’s recent announcement that to introduce more employment legislation would be like “using a sledgehammer to miss...

Using minority workers as role models for other staff can lead to “exploitation”, experts have warned.‘Talent not Tokenism’, a joint...

When companies go bust, is there anything that HR departments can do to ease the pain?My first job was making...

Flexible working law could be thrown into disarray if the Working Time Directive goes through the European Council in its...

The CBI has pledged to keep its guard up against further employment legislation after a senior trade union figure warned that...

Collidge v Freeport plcFACTS Mr Collidge was the chief executive and a director of Freeport. In early 2006, allegations of financial...

Mobile working is on the decline, despite allowing almost 100 million extra working days each year, two surveys have found.A...

New transfer of employee information guidance has been published to help organisations comply with the Data Protection Act.The Information Commissioner’s...

A coaching scheme for pregnant workers helped law firm Clifford Chance improve its maternity practices and hang on to some of its most talented staff. Lucy Freeman reports.

Later this year, the work permit scheme will be abolished and replaced by Tier 2 of the new points-based immigration system....

A landmark challenge to scrap the compulsory retirement age for employees will now be heard in less than a month,...

New maternity leave guidance in relation to non-cash benefits has been published by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs department.
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