Len McCluskey's election as leader of Unite, the UK's largest trade union, is significant. Unite has for some time, depending on who you listen to, been crippled with internal wrangling as a result of...

Home secretary Theresa May has unveiled the level of the Government's controversial proposed immigration cap from non-European workers countries.

A law firm has told business leaders that they can take "comfort" from a recent ruling on age discrimination.

A London legal firm has warned British Airways that it could face a legal challenge if it dismisses workers engaged in industrial action.

On 1 October 2010, the main provisions of the Equality Act 2010 came into force. In this, the second of a series of articles considering the key changes affecting employers, we focus on restrictions...

Over the past decade, there has been a steady improvement in the rights of families at work. Up to a year's maternity leave is available to all women regardless of length of service, and Statutory...

Retirement suddenly seems a lot further away for thousands of fifty-somethings across the country as the planned state pension age increase is brought forward six years. Pre- the Comprehensive...

Last month, the European Parliament agreed proposals to amend the Pregnant Workers Directive, including an increase in the minimum period of maternity leave across the EU to 20 weeks on full pay....

Employment law is crushing small businesses, with almost three quarters of leaders in small businesses claiming too much time is spent on HR issues.

Most employers will have pricked up their ears when the C Government announced its proposals to abolish the Default Retirement Age (DRA) from 6 April 2011.

One of the UK's most senior civil servants has called on a group of leading business chiefs to advise the Government on how to make job cuts.

Three police forces are to make staff with more than 30 years service retire, in a bid to cut costs.