Following advice from the Advocate General that the EU should rule that severe obesity should be regarded as a disability; employers may well be left wondering how to tackle the issue.

Guidance released by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has clarified that recruiters and employers deliberately drawing up all-female shortlists is illegal.

The recent European Union Court of Justice announcement that suggests obesity should be treated as a disability will have an immediate impact on British employers, according to a leading employment...

What legal issues could an increase in innovation beyond organisational boundaries throw up?

The number of days lost through labour disputes reached 443,600 in 2013, up 79% from 248,800 in 2012, according to a report by the Office of National Statistics (ONS).

About a million public sectors workers are expected to strike today in a series of disputes with the Government over pay, pensions and further cuts.

Legislation to allow all employees to request flexible working came into effect on 30 June. In part one of this Hot Topic Jane Fielding, head of employment at international law firm Wragge Lawrence...

Staff at businesses with fewer than 50 people are up to 10 times less likely to face discrimination than those working in larger companies, according to research by employment solicitors Doyle...

Conservative cabinet office minister Francis Maude has outlined plans to tighten rules around public sector strike ballots.

In principle, reporting a concern about a risk, wrongdoing or illegality at work, in the public interest should be a relatively easy matter. Yet, when it comes down to whistleblowing, employees are...

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Touré has reignited the debate about compassionate leave. He has accused his club of refusing his request to be excused from the team’s Abu Dhabi tour to visit his...

Employment groups have broadly welcomed new legislation that extends flexible working rights to all employees.