Legal-ease: The confidentiality of protected conversations

Some employers approach pre-termination negotiations (known as protected conversations) with trepidation

Lynda Gratton: Adult-adult work relationships in multi-stage lives

The relationship between employer and employee is moving from ‘parent-child’ to ‘adult-adult’

Tesco pay tribunal: The legalities of unsocial hours

There is no legal definition of what hours count as ‘unsocial’ so what constitutes best practice here?

Brexit – The end of the road for data protection reform?

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation comes into force 25 May 2018. But given Brexit will it still apply in the UK?

Bouncing back from Big Sam’s exodus: HR lessons

England manager Sam Allardyce's departure poses the question of what standards a senior employee should be held to

Glassdoor: Honest resource or troll's paradise?

Some HR professionals embrace Glassdoor, others think it's a risk. Who is right?

What will Amber Rudd actually roll out?

Are her remarks on tightening the Resident Labour Market Test likely to go anywhere?

Companies failing to undertake human rights assessments

Of the companies who had conducted such assessments, 77% identified actual or potential human rights impacts

Grande careers at Starbucks

Starbucks isn't just somewhere to work while you're waiting for something better, and its HRD wants to prove that

Why is maternity discrimination on the rise?

Unscrupulous employers may be taking advantage of new parents that can’t afford to challenge them

British gas loses holiday pay commission legal battle

Other firms may now face legal claims over the inclusion of commission in holiday pay, lawyers have warned

Home secretary announces crackdown on work visas

Companies may also be made to reveal how many international workers they have on their payroll