The 1992 Olympic Gold medallist Linford Christie once coined a famous phrase which perfectly summed up the importance of planning. Christie often waxed lyrical about the starting pistol and leaving...

Trade union unite has expressed fears the Government will ‘cherry pick’ Lord Hutton’s report on public sector pensions, claiming there were at least four Government initiatives that could make worse...

Employers are seeing their legal bills soar as laid-off workers take them to court to dispute the size of redundancy settlements according to research from commercial law firm EMW.

It's an area of liability that businesses need to take seriously.

We have all heard the stories, such as the cancellation of a cheese-rolling festival; children having to wear goggles to play conkers; the halting of a public pancake race that has been going since...

A new right to additional paternity leave (APL) will be introduced on 6 April 2011 in an effort to promote equality and good parenting. The reforms are intended to give parents greater flexibility in...

An Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled that employees are fully protected under TUPE when the business in which they work is purchased from a company in administration.

Human rights organisation Amnesty International has told workers based outside the UK they will no longer have the right to remain members of the UK-based Unite union.

The development of the EU's Agency Workers Regulations (AWR) has been controversial to say the least, but after prolonged debate and much horse-trading between the Government, trade unions and the...

There has been a great deal of speculation in the press about the potential impact of the new 'positive action' provisions introduced by the Equality Act 2010.

The conviction of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings for corporate manslaughter will herald an avalanche of similar cases, lawyers today warned.

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings was this afternoon fined the sum of 385,000 following its conviction for corporate manslaughter on Tuesday.