The Government has scrapped plans to tax interim managers as if they were on payroll, even though they work as a limited company.
The GMB union staged a protest yesterday outside the head office of US coffee chain Starbucks, because it claims Starbucks is paying staff little more than the minimum wage of £6.19.
The Court of Appeal yesterday reached a decision that limits the potential risks for employers who use agency staff being sued for discrimination. It set a three-month time limit for claims by agency...
As part of the review of employment law aimed at creating more flexibility for employers and employees – as well as an environment where enterprise can thrive – the Government has set out proposals,...
Employee share ownership body ifs ProShare – which held its annual awards ceremony this month – and the Employee Ownership Association (EOA) have written to all 21 MPs sitting on the Growth and...
September saw the release of the annual Employment and Employment Appeal Tribunal statistics from the Ministry of Justice. And as might be expected, the statistics, which cover the period April 2011...
Organisations based in the UK who currently employ workers from outside the European Union, or may employ migrant worker in the future, need to be aware of important changes to the UK's Immigration...
A major construction company and a concrete structures firm have been found guilty and fined £130,000 after a worker died following a 19 metre fall at a Swansea building site.
A women has been awarded £27,000 at an employment tribunal after suffering sexual harassment from her bosses.
Jonathan Ashby, former head of HR and payroll and an associate director at sports retailer JJB Sports, has lost his claim for unfair dismissal, despite being made redundant without warning. JJB said...
At present, any employee or worker working anywhere in the European Union is entitled to work without being discriminated against in relation to certain ‘protected characteristics’. Those protected...
Supermarket giant Tesco has recently been fined £115,000 for employing foreign students who were breaking the conditions of their visas. This follows shortly after the decision by the UK Border Agency...
