Employment law

The IER argued that the proposals concerning fire and rehire would still allow employers to dismiss and re-engage staff under vaguely defined ‘likely financial difficulties’.

Employers are being urged to take a more active role in addressing loneliness inside and outside the workplace.
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Peers criticise number of amendments government is making to the Employment Rights Bill, as they debate legislation in the House of Lords.

M&S bakery worker wins claim for automatic unfair dismissal and pregnancy discrimination at Watford employment tribunal.

Most HR directors in retail believe Employment Rights Bill will have a negative impact, with half saying it will reduce headcount.

The UK’s first transgender judge to appeal biological sex ruling by the Supreme Court at the European Court of Human Rights.

EHRC update on practical implications of Supreme Court ruling described as 'ill-conceived' with Green Party calling for it to be withdrawn.

Employment Rights Bill: companies fear the difficulties of implementing so many changes at one time.

The government will table an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that means firearms officers who go to trial are granted anonymity.

An employment judge who delayed providing written reasons in a case for six months has been issued with formal advice for misconduct.

In a letter to Labour’s shadow foreign secretary MPs and peers asked for a bespoke youth visa scheme for UK and EU citizens under 30. 

Points are granted or docked using its Karma system, which was introduced in 2020 to oversee how well employees met risk and compliance rules.

A former recruiter has won £25,000 in compensation at an employment tribunal after she returned to an empty office following...

British Steel has announced it will not continue with a redundancy process risking 2,700 workers' jobs at its Scunthorpe plant.

Activists who question legitimacy of Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex are ‘helping nobody’, says EHRC commissioner.