The recent suggestions that senior Whitehall civil servants could remain exempt from the severe cuts expected in the public sector have he potential to become not only a public relations catastrophe...

HR directors can have a significant impact on businesses' second largest controllable cost.

The introduction of the Equality Act next month (October 2010) is set to transform the employment and equality landscape, with the wholesale fusion of nine individual pieces of legislation and some...

The NHS Staff Council has agreed that all staff working in the NHS have a contractual right and a duty to raise with their employer genuine concerns about malpractice, patient safety or other serious...

On 7 September 2010, MPs voted to place a cap on what Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude called "unaffordable and unsustainable" redundancy pay in the Civil Service.

A recent CIPD survey revealed 49% of those surveyed reported noticing an increase in stress as a result of the economic downturn.

Acas and the TUC have launched a new guide for trade union representatives at today's TUC conference on the benefits of mediation, and how it can complement their role in helping avoid costly...

Over the past 12 months more than two-thirds of small businesses have been a victim of crime costing them up to 3,000, according to a report by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).

Earlier this week the Treasury announced that millions of people may have paid the wrong amount of tax due to errors in the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tax calculations. But what does this mean for...

The National Insurance Contribution (NIC) holiday does not go far enough to support employers, according to the Forum of Private Business.

Employees who cannot make it to work due to tube strikes could face pay docks, according to legal experts.

The number of age discrimination claims accepted by employment tribunals increased by more than a third over the past year, according to the Employment Tribunals Service.