Public sector

In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a police officer who made protected disclosures...

Ellie Goddard was not only considered a worthy award winner in the HR newcomer category of the Personnel Today Awards...

Staff sickness within the NHS fell to 4.44% in January, from 4.72% in the same month last year, according to...

In DLA Piper’s latest case report, the Court of Session held that limited liability partnerships (LLPs) that were contracted to...

As part of cuts to the defence budget, the Government will slash the UK’s armed forces personnel to just over...

Employment tribunals have ordered South Wales Police to pay £230,515 compensation for disability discrimination and the Ministry of Defence £557,038...

Moving back into civilian life after time spent in the armed forces can be a huge shock. Peter Gray and...

Research to study the effectiveness of skin care interventions for preventing hand dermatitis will be launched this September, and is...

A police officer who was forced to retire following an injury has won £230,215 in compensation.
Mr Horler, who worked...

With so many indications of economic improvement, it might be easy to assume that every employer is setting out plans...

An employment tribunal has ordered Perth & Kinross Council to pay more than £22,000 to a long-serving employee winding down...

Recent NHS scandals such as Mid Staffs have highlighted the connection between staff wellbeing and patient outcomes. Nic Paton looks...

One-third of NHS trusts are failing to instruct staff to use safety devices “wherever possible” in their sharps policies, despite...

The Government has rejected the independent pay review bodies’ recommendations of a 1% consolidated pay increase for salaried doctors, dentists...

A weekly round-up of links to stories about employment tribunal rulings reported the previous week. In the week beginning 3...