Employment law

The Temporary and Agency Workers (Equal Treatment) Bill proposed by Labour MP Andrew Miller has been withdrawn following an announcement...

Telesales account manager Theresa Bailey was recently awarded £5,146 by an employment tribunal after her manager forced her to wear...

Home secretary Jacqui Smith has attempted to defuse the police pay row by offering changes to the service’s pension scheme.Officers...

The Workers Registration Scheme (WRS) should be scrapped, according to an alliance of employers, unions and migrant groups.The TUC, the...

East Midlands Business, a provider of business support services to SMEs, has bought HR software from Snowdrop to centralise employee information...

A landmark deal on the rights of agency workers has been agreed between the government, employers and trade unions.

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Facebook, one of the most popular social networking sites in the world, has this week implemented around 40 safeguards to...

Supermarket giant Asda has launched a new flexible working scheme for its employees to improve their work-life balance. ‘Asda Flex’...

Public sector employers are risking big fines as well as costly delays by failing to consult with their staff about...

Don't take the easy way out: if you make sure you have sound policies and procedures for dismissal and follow them, you can't go wrong, writes David Green.

Matthew Whelan spells out the requirement to collectively consult when making staff redundant under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.

Fingerprint technology could soon be used across the UK to monitor employees’ movements, after a pilot scheme was deemed successful.The...

Imelda Walsh has moved to calm employer fears that new flexible working laws will lead to a rapid rise in...

HR news and analysis including: Imelda Walsh talks exclusively to Personnel Today on the flexible working review to extend the right...

Lancaster University reprimanded its head of economics professor Geraint Johnes for breaching data protection rules by telling a concerned mother...