Employment law

For procedures that are supposed to be concerned with confidentiality and privacy, how organisations manage the security of their large...

Surrey County Council has launched a hotline telephone service for staff to vent any workplace grievances, as part of its...

The NHS must act “in the spirit” of the Working Time Directive (WTD) when deciding how to solve the problem...

A crucial European legal opinion that could dramatically increase the workplace rights of carers has been delayed.The Advocate General, one...

A group of workers sacked by telephone have won an Employment Tribunal ruling that they were unfairly dismissed.Up to 79...

The equalities commission said it was “disappointed but not surprised” by a lack of female promotions at Barclays Capital (BarCap),...

A senior police officer who had sex with a woman at an airport while on duty has been sacked after...

A British Airways (BA) check-in clerk who claimed she was religiously discriminated against for wearing a crucifix on a necklace...

A senior sales executive has won a sex discrimination claim against her employer, after her boss called her “useless” for...

It’s January, and everyone is back at their desks. But for a few tired revellers it won’t just be a...

The government is to launch an advertising campaign next week warning employers of the stiff penalties they face for hiring...

ExclusiveAll migrant workers coming to the UK under the new points-based system will be told that the rules allowing them...

A leading employers’ organisation has urged the government to stand firm in 2008 under increasing union pressure to implement employee-friendly...

The recent furore over the decision of the Oxford Union to invite the leader of the BNP, Nick Griffin, and...

I am the HR manager of a large accountancy firm. We have discovered that a member of the team is...