The chancellor George Osborne has pledged once again to reform employment rules saying the Government is "committed to fair rights for employees" but that businesses have the right "not to be sued out...
A judge has ruled that a lap dancer can appeal an Employment Tribunal decision to establish whether she was “employed” by the club. This legal challenge will be of interest to all businesses using...
The Government has announced plans to begin a “major cut back” of health and safety red tape as early as January.
Total UK unemployment will increase from 2.62 million (8.3% of the workforce) in July-September 2011, to 2.77 million (8.7% of the workforce) in Q4 2012, a net increase of 150,000 in the jobless...
The UK borders Agency (UKBA) is set to publish a report detailing the penalties given to people or organisations that employ illegal workers.
Employment law proposals set out by business secretary Vince Cable yesterday could help to address a culture of non-management of workplace performance issues and will be welcomed by employers.
A number of key issues affecting small business “must be addressed” by Government in Tuesday’s Autumn Statement if the economy is to grow next year, according to the Forum of Private Business (FPB).
The Government has announced a consultation on ‘protected conversations’, to allow employers to have ‘frank’ discussions about poor performance with employees without fear that they could be used as...
Staff could be allowed to write to their employer to say they do not wish to be “bound” by the Working Time Directive, according to reports.
Against the backdrop of continued global uncertainty, weak domestic growth and increasing unemployment, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) today wrote to the Government urging them to adopt a...
A survey by online recruitment firm RecruitmentGenius.com asked 597 UK based respondents whether they felt the coalition Government was taking sufficient action to curb unemployment among your people.
Abolishing legal aid for employment advice will have the “perverse effect” of increasing the number of cases that end up at an employment tribunal, national charity Citizens Advice warned today.
