Employment law

A fresh warning has been sounded for employers to prepare themselves for immigration laws coming into force later this year....

A high-profile employment tribunal case involving a former council HR chief has been adjourned until October.Janet Mason, former head of...

Campaigners have given the government a 14-day deadline to make further changes to the controversial Highly Skilled Migrant Programme (HSMP)...

Business leaders have breathed a sigh of relief after a crackdown on rogue employers of vulnerable workers announced this morning...

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Unions legal experts warn organisations not to use the economic downturn as a...

Incoming Northern Rock HR director Richard Smelt faces a turbulent introduction after the troubled bank announced plans to axe 1,300...

Equal pay has overtaken unfair dismissal for the first time as the most popular grounds for tribunal claims passed to...

Northern Rock will make 800 compulsory redundancies over the next five months, the troubled bank announced yesterday afternoon.
There will...

Tips given to restaurant staff can no longer count towards payment of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), the government has...

Thousands of new equal pay claims could be lodged against local authorities and the NHS in addition to those already...

Pressure on the government to scrap anti-union laws is set to intensify following the publication of the draft agenda for...

As the Equalities Bill starts its long ride through Parliament to become law, a study has found that currently most...

The wave of employment legislation announced this summer could be counter-productive, a senior HR figure has warned.
Robert Ingram, HR...

London Borough of Lewisham v Malcolm (plus ramifications of Coleman v Attridge Law)A long-standing authority on how to decide claims for...

Be wary of informal grievance complaints as tribunals may see fit to consider themStatutory grievance procedures continue to plague employers....