Employment law

With all the hype today regarding data protection, I feel I have to write about what happened to me. A pensioned...

Nearly half of senior managers and company directors do not have an up-to-date understanding of their health and safety-related duties...

Acas, or the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service is an organisation which aims to improve working life through better employment...

More than one in three employers want temporary workers to be given equal rights to permanent staff within six months...

Voluntary organisations are risking costly tribunals by failing to keep on top of changes to key employment legislation, according to...

Truck operators will breathe a sigh of relief following a government announcement that there will be no changes to the...

Business secretary John Hutton has warned of a backlash from employers if the right to ask for flexible working is...

For Personnel Today’s 20th anniversary issue, Gagandeep Prasad, employment lawyer at Charles Russell, reflects on the future of legislation and...

Airbus UK Ltd v Webb – Court of Appeal Facts Webb worked for Airbus as an aircraft fitter. In July...

Retailers are entitled to use ‘mosquito’ devices to disperse unwanted gangs of disruptive teenagers from hanging around their shops, according...

Slips and trips are the most common causes of workplace injuries, with almost 11,000 major accidents each year. This month...

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discussion on the second reading in the House of Commons of bill to gain equal...

Two staff who bound a student with plastic cable ties during a lesson at Folkestone Academy in Kent have been...

The latest crackdown on rogue employers who knowingly recruit illegal migrant workers is sure to be a major priority for...

HR directors have dismissed the use of technology to monitor workers’ stress levels as “bonkers”.Technology giant Microsoft announced last month...