A widespread extension of industrial action across the private sector in response to the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review is unlikely to materialise, claim legal experts.
Just under three quarters of employees agree, in light of the tough times endured by private-sector staff through the recession, that striking public-sector workers will quickly lose sympathy if they...
Lord Young has published his review into the UK's compensation culture, advising a 'common sense' approach to health and safety.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 came into force on 6 April 2008. This Act makes it an offence for an organisation to manage or organise its activities in such a way as to cause a...
The importance of maintaining and increasing apprenticeships in both the public and private sectors is set to be debated in the House of Lords tomorrow (14 October).
Made in Dagenham, the latest British film to hit cinemas, takes us back to 1968 and tells the story of 187 female Ford employees who went on strike to secure pay that equalled that of their male...
The recent revelation in a leaked letter that the Government plans to cut Employment and Support Allowance benefit by 2.5 billion, on the back of the earlier announcements in welfare benefit cuts, has...
Social inequalities remain in Britain and recession, public service reform and technological change could act as stumbling blocks to diversity, according to a new report from the Equalities and Human...
From this month, employees who settle their employment tribunal claim through Acas can use a new fast-track service to enforce the terms of the agreement, if action is necessary.
The secretary of state for work and pensions, Iain Duncan Smith, has announced the introduction of a 'universal credit' designed to simplify the benefit system and improve work incentives.
The Equality Act, which is designed to protect employees against direct and indirect discrimination, harassment and victimisation in services and public functions, premises, work, education,...
The CBI calls for changes in the law to raise the threshold for industrial action and to ensure disruption to the public and companies is minimised if strikes do occur.
