The extensions to current legislation on flexible working are due later this year, giving more employees with service of six months or more rights to request flexible working.

Companies that have traditionally been nervous about transmitting data outside their IT frameworks are increasingly allowing staff to view business information on personal devices.

The number of employees who worked unpaid overtime hours last year was worth an extra £640 million to the economy every week, according to research.

Employers hiring young members of staff should manage colleagues’ expectations of what they can do and consider giving them a mentor, new guidelines suggest.

A new charity is encouraging employees to settle disputes with employers without going to employment tribunal.

Up to 30,000 jobs are set to go at the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), according to reports.

Probation service HR mangers dealing with hundreds of staff appeals against reassignment face an unusual but not unprecedented situation over which they can have little say, an employee relations...

The Royal Mail, in an agreement with unions Unite and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), has called in independent mediators The TCM Group to resolve disputes among its 150,000 staff.

An employment lawyer has contested suggestions made by the only female chairman of a blue-chip British company that employers should allow women to take up to six years of maternity leave.

The employers’ market power over employees should be considered in a Government consultation about zero-hours contracts, independent assessors have advised.

Employment lawyers have welcomed a High Court decision to support recently-introduced employment tribunal and employment appeal tribunal fees.

Post office workers have agreed a deal with their employer that will increase pay and job security and safeguard pensions.