Employment law

Managing pregnant workers can be a sensitive issue for employers, but every organisation has a responsibility to carry out a...

HR news and analysis including: Could TUPE law be about to change with respect to private equity takeovers? Tomorrow is...

Employers are fearful that the controversial agency workers Bill, which is already causing problems, will be usurped by even more...

A 19-year-old administrative assistant sacked for being “too young” won an age discrimination case last week.Leanne Wilkinson claimed she had...

The government is looking to develop a fast-track system for employment tribunals to deal with simple monetary claims.Responding to a...

The mere mention of tribunal claims can send a shiver down employers’ spines. And, with mistakes around diversity sometimes being...

Agency workers do not enjoy the employment rights enjoyed by those who can bring themselves within the legal definition of...

Companies that break the new Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act should be named and shamed and hit by big...

It is unfortunate that the secretary of state John Hutton believes that a move to extend the right to ask...

Q We are a small company that unfortunately has to terminate the contracts of several employees. What should or should...

But what exactly does the new-look immigration system hold in store for UK employers?The government’s overhaul of UK immigration started...

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Features editor Jo Faragher interviews HR directors on the future of talent management, how it...

The TUC is calling on chancellor Alistair Darling to increase the weekly limit on statutory redundancy pay from £330 to...

James v London Borough of Greenwich Facts Ms James was engaged by an agency under a ‘Temporary Worker Agreement’. The...

Employers could be held liable for the suicides of ex-employees after a landmark ruling by the House of Lords.Law Lords...