Employment law

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...

A national blacklist of retail employees sacked for dishonesty is up and running, and could soon be extended to other...

Impact v Ministry for Agriculture and Food (Ireland) and othersA European Court of Justice (ECJ) decision has made it easier...

What action can an employer legally take when a dispute escalates into industrial action?There is no right to strike under...

The case of top City lawyer Gill Switalski, who won a record £13.4m in compensation for sex discrimination...

I am the HR manager of a large UK manufacturer and our employees use a lot of heavy machinery. I...

National Work from Home Day today kicks off national Work Wise Week, with many employees taking the opportunity to work...

Many previous cases have considered the effect of post-transfer changes to an employee’s terms and conditions, and in particular the...

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) definition of “disability” includes conditions which, although the sufferer is not currently affected by them,...

Miss Eweida claimed that British Airways (BA) refusal to let her wear a small cross with her uniform was religious...

The UK has a patchy track record in its deployment of migrant workers. Incidents such as the accident on a...

EATIn two recent cases the EAT considered how employers should conduct themselves when faced with the question of whether to...

The Post Office could be liable for a £2m payout if an employment tribunal rules that it acted unlawfully when...

Gordon Brown used the draft Queen’s Speech to announce a new right to request time off work for training.Revealing his...