Employment law

This week’s round-up of HR news including how one in four dismissals in the civil service doesn’t stick; and more...

New rules for dispute resolution could see employment tribunals being held without lay members on the jury, a government minister...

A City bank is being sued for a record £10m for race discrimination after an employee claimed he was sacked...

Business secretary John Hutton today offered hope to employers when he said the government would only support the Agency Workers...

A police officer who suffered from dyslexia and was disadvantaged when carrying out examinations for promotion was disabled within the...

Macmillan Publishers has been fined £55,000 for failing to comply with the Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 (ICE...

The Court of Appeal has considered whether an employer is liable for stress caused to the employee during a grievance...

The Court of Appeal has confirmed that an employer can fairly dismiss an employee for incapacity even in circumstances where...

More than 34,000 Pfizer employees in the UK are at risk of identity theft after a security breach exposed their...

Aptuit (Edinburgh) Limited v Kennedy EAT/0057/06FACTS Aptuit provides clinical supplies across Europe. Mrs Kennedy worked at one of its three...

Flexible workers are not able to make more use of their leisure time or have quality time with their families,...

Pilots of an early dispute resolution scheme across a number of employment tribunals have been a success, initial results suggest.The...

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has launched a consultation on its new draft CCTV Code of Practice. This draft code...

Are we returning to the bad old days of endless industrial disputes, walkouts and wildcat strikes? You may think so,...

‘Now is the winter of our discontent’. In 1978-79, the opening line of Shakespeare’s Richard III was bandied about by...