Public sector

The NHS Equality and Diversity Council’s first report from the NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) has shown that black...

Public-sector HR teams are held in high regard by their organisations’ leaders who listen to and act on their advice,...

Preliminary analysis reveals that pay awards in the three months to the end of April 2016 were worth 1.7% at...

An employment tribunal held that a nurse was the victim of discrimination arising from disability, after her prospective employer withdrew...

The Government announced that Trade Union Bill had completed its parliamentary process by saying that "people will be protected from undemocratic industrial action"...

The final version of the overarching whistleblowing policy to be adopted by all NHS organisations has been published by NHS...

The Department of Health has today made changes to the contract it is imposing on junior doctors in England following...

This month’s round-up of occupational health research includes studies showing that internet-based tools can help reduce stress and that nurses...

Ambulance workers in four counties will receive backdated holiday pay after a victorious claim for “overrun” payments.
The South Central...

The British Medical Association (BMA) is set to launch a judicial review into the Government’s apparent failure to carry out...

An employment tribunal has awarded more than £830,000 to an NHS HR director who was constructively dismissed and harassed after...

The Department of Health will impose a new contract on junior doctors in England, it has been announced.
The decision...

The announcement by the Cabinet Office follows David Cameron’s pledge at October’s Conservative party conference to remove bias in recruitment...

Anyone thinking that the UK’s upcoming grandparental leave is unnecessary meddling by law-makers should look beyond these shores at the...

While employment tribunal fees have drastically reduced the number of cases and typical awards for claimants are generally four-figure sums,...