Employment law

The points-based immigration system has created an overwhelming burden on employers, who are struggling to understand and comply with the...

As an experienced HR professional who has not worked full time for 19 years, I read your article ‘Career fear...

Oyarce v Cheshire County Council The Court of Appeal decided, unanimously, that the reverse burden of proof which applies to...

I have just taken over as HR manager at a food company which hires lots of casual and seasonal workers...

Signing up for the National Dismissal Register could leave employers open to all sorts of claims.

After Gordon Brown recently announced his work-life balance agenda, flexible working will soon be widely available to as many as...

HR may have escaped the swathe of redundancies in the City, but it still has to manage the fall-out. Here's how to turn bad news into an opportunity.

Flexible working arrangements are proving hard to secure despite new laws – with seven in 10 employers admitting they rarely...

The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has ruled in favour of the City lawyer whose discrimination and bullying claim is worth...

A culture of desk dining and feeling guilty for taking a full lunch hour exists in offices across the UK...

Most companies will dispose of large quantities of waste paper and magnetic media that comprise of correspondence, plans, figures or...

Earlier this month, I used this column to accuse Gordon Brown of dithering over what to do about the rights...

Agency workers could gain equal rights to permanent staff at an even earlier stage than the 12-week watershed agreed last...

While the National Staff Dismissal Register (‘Database of dishonesty’, Personnel Today, 20 May) may sound like a fantastic idea for employers...

Enfield Technical Services Ltd v Payne and BF Components Ltd v GraceFacts Mr Payne worked for Enfield Technical Services as,...