Thousands of schools, colleges and universities across England and Wales face closure on Thursday 30 June as the National Union of Teachers, Association of Teachers and Lecturers and the Universities...
The Government has allowed urgently-needed public service reform to be derailed by 'forces of inertia', and gives the impression of 'having lost its way, uneasy about reforms and unsure about how to...
More than a quarter of a million civil and public servants yesterday joined teachers in voting for a strike over cuts to pensions, jobs and pay.
There has been a recent spate of high-profile whistleblowing cases reported in the press. The public was shocked that repeated attempts to blow the whistle by a nurse working at the Winterbourne Care...
Last week saw the launch of a major three-month Home Office consultation on, among other things, employment-related settlement in the UK, with a clear aim to eliminate permanent settlement except in...
Diversity and equality has become the latest branch of employment law to come under the spotlight of the Government's bonfire of red tape and BT's head of people and policy Caroline Waters (pictured),...
Recently, an eminent QC at a specialist employment set was asked in what area of employment law he expected to see the most change in the coming year.
In the strange new world of religion or belief discrimination, have we reached the final frontier? Some people believe that Trekkies – devoted fans of Star Trek – belong to a civil or quasi religion.
One of the UK’s leading academic experts on whistleblowing has warned too many British companies still don’t have confidential reporting procedures in place, leaving whistleblowers open to financial...
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has highlighted the question of money laundering, in the wake of news of a plea bargain deal on Tuesday by Bernard Madoff’s payroll manager,...
Business groups have welcomed Vince Cable’s speech this week threatening rules to curb union powers over strike action.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced in May 2011 that it was launching a consultation on its proposal to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees,...
