The chancellor must take more action to tackle youth unemployment in the Pre-Budget Report, according to The Work Foundation.
For a long time tribunal claims under the philosophical belief limb of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 had been few and far between. Now in rapid order, two recent...
Employers are still not giving mothers returning from maternity leave the support they need, according to new research published today by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT).
Acas reports has helped businesses avoid more than 2,000 employment tribunal claims in just seven months since the introduction of the Pre-Claim Conciliation (PCC) service.
To what extent can an employer be held liable for a failure to make reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act when it is not even aware of the fact or the effects of a claimant's...
Almost two thirds (61%) of HR magazine readers approve of the EU Court of Justice ruling allowing employees who go on sick leave during annual leave to reschedule their holidays, even if this means...
Homer Simpson has become the unlikely face of a new health and safety at work initiative by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
Employment law is always changing, and this shows no sign of slowing down in 2010. In the first of a series of articles looking at the main changes expected in 2010, Lorraine Heard, a partner in the...
The rights of lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender (LGBT) employees got a significant boost yesterday evening as the Cutting Edge Consortium called for 'religious opt-outs' to be removed from the...
Young people in the UK risk being outgunned in the employment stakes by an active, articulate and well organised 'grey haired' lobby, which is effective in promoting the rights and interests of older...
The Government has published draft regulations to tighten existing UK law regulating European works councils (EWC).
One of the most frustrating aspects of HR must surely be keeping the rest of management on the straight and narrow, particularly with regard to employment law. So there must have been a few sharp...
