Employment law

Watson Wyatt has published the latest editions of its well-known annual reports on employee benefits and employment terms and conditions for...

New figures showing that half of junior doctors are working in excess of 48 hours a week are “worrying” for...

Sodexho Ltd (1) Gutridge & Others (2) North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust
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The claimants were employed as...

Swiss investment bank UBS recently grabbed some headlines with the interim injunction that it won against competing start-up wealth manager,...

A valued employee will be 65 this October. We’d like to keep him on, but also see this as an...

Legal helplines have reported a record number of calls from businesses asking how to sack staff as the credit crunch...

The government is to explore ways to make dealing with flexible working requests easier for employers.It has set up a...

The needs of the UK’s most vulnerable workers are not being met, with “repeat offender” employers partly to blame, a...

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Will flexible working become a casualty of the credit crunch after BP...

A group of equality experts, business leaders and union chiefs has been formed to advise ministers on how best to...

Manufacturers’ body the EEF is to tour the UK with conciliation body Acas to help employers understand how the forthcoming...

Flexible working could soon become a casualty of the credit crunch, an employment expert has warned.Julie Quinn, employment partner at...

Marks & Spencer looks set to slash redundancy benefits for its 60,000 staff by up to 25% within the next...

A hospital trust has been fined £22,000 after it allowed an employee to become exposed to a dangerous chemical while...

UK small business owners are clocking up 50 working hours every week, according to a survey by Bank of Scotland...