Employment law

Are radical plans to introduce a US-style reward scheme for blowing the whistle a good idea?

Wilkinson v Springwell Engineering Ltd
Facts
This is a case under the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 (EEAR), which provide...

The economic downturn and the credit crunch means the threat of redundancies is raising its head. Some 10,000 job cuts...

Our company has just bought another business and we are aware that TUPE applies to the purchase. As a result...

A north-east Scotland senior council manager, who was forced to quit his job after he complained about workplace sex romps,...

KPMG has launched a new maternity and parenting package for its employees, as it predicts that it will become more...

The <A href="”>Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, which comes into force on 6 April, was designed to send...

Robinson v Tescom Corporation
Facts
Mr Robinson was employed as a territorial manager for Tescom, a manufacturer of pressure regulators...

HR news and analysis including: Newcastle College buys a major part of Carter & Carter from administrators the European Council...

After six months in the shadows, the Equality and Human Rights Commission is preparing a YouTube awareness campaign.

Investigations into workplace fatalities could become more intensive after new corporate manslaughter law comes into force, experts have warned.Ray Hurst,...

Trade union Unite has called for the previous management team at Northern Rock to face investigation in the wake of...

Getting to grips with the new corporate manslaughter law is still causing headaches for HR practitioners – just weeks before...

The recent emergence of ‘virtual jobs’ and ‘virtual communities’ is changing the way companies attract and retain skilled staff. And...

Youth may be wasted on the young, but do age regulations accept any substitute for experience?