The legal challenge being brought against retail giant Sports Direct by a former employee over its use of zero-hours contracts for part-time workers is 'unlikely to succeed', according to an...
More than one in four mothers feels they have been discriminated against at work, either while pregnant or when returning to work, according to research published today.
Employers seeking recovery of business cards on their employee’s Rolodex brought court actions in the twentieth century. It was probably inevitable then we would see similar claims in the...
Calling for the use of zero-hours contracts to be banned has been labelled as 'ridiculous', by Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) chief executive Kevin Green.
Workers at the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme will go on strike for 48 hours later this month over a dispute over harassment and bullying, pay, travel arrangements and shift pattern changes.
Postal worker leaders have decided to hold a national strike ballot over issues linked to controversial Government plans to privatise the Royal Mail.
The Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps has said employers have to make up "disingenuous" reasons to sack workers because UK employment laws are too restrictive and in favour of the employee.
Experience of life on the client side has enabled Tim Payne (pictured) to bring innovation and energy to his role at KPMG. He explains why his past lends him a unique level of respect when advising,...
Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has urged the banking industry to do more to support ethnic minority entrepreneurs.
In July 2013 the Government published its response to consultation on the future of the UK's reserve forces. The Government will implement a number of measures, which it hopes will make employing...
Unison, one of the country's largest unions, has been given permission to seek a judicial review of the introduction of fees for employment tribunal fees.
With the introduction of fees for the first time, the employment tribunal system has moved even further away from the idea of a speedy and informal industrial jury to resolve employment disputes.
