12 hours' working but only 20 minutes break

Staff are entitled to only one 20-minute break after six hours, no matter how many more hours they work.

Court rules Rolls-Royce redundancy system discriminatory but legitimate

Employers have again been warned they must be able to justify all redundancies after the High Court ruled that Rolls-Royce is providing staff with a 'benefit' by giving credit for length of service in...

White supervisor claims victimisation after complaining about black worker

A London Underground employee who was awarded 125,000 in a racist bullying case has been accused of intimidating a white station supervisor.

TV presenter sues Five for age discrimation

Television presenter Selina Scott is set to sue Five for up to 1 million for age discrimination.

Council indirectly discriminates against teacher

Milton Keynes Council has been found to have committed indirect discrimination after it did not employ a 61-year-old teacher with 34 years' experience for a job it advertised requiring "less than five...

19 million claim for bullying and discrimination upheld

A woman claiming 19 million from her former employer for workplace bullying has had the claim upheld by an employment tribunal after her employer, F&C Asset Management, appealed against the tribunal's...

Staff transferred under TUPE take equal pay claims with them

Employers who take on staff through TUPE could be liable for up to six years of unequal pay claims, according to legal experts.

Discriminatory pay protection schemes deemed unlawful

Thousands of low-paid women in the public sector are set to lodge claims against their employers after a critical equal pay test case ruled that pay protection schemes discriminating in favour of men...

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Landmark age discrimination ruling

A teenager who claimed she had been sacked from her administrative job for being too young has won a landmark legal case.

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Police granted right to take Government to court over pay

Police officers have been granted permission to launch a high-court challenge against the Governments refusal to backdate pay.

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SMEs to get free employment law advice

The Government is launching a campaign to highlight the free employment law advice available to small businesses.

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Your new best friend

<b>Employment law and increasingly litigious employees are giving HR nightmares. Emma Vere-Jones looks at the top law firms that can help</b>

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