Police officers are angered at home secretary Jacqui Smith's decision not to backdate a 2.5% pay rise.

<b>Janet Gaymer explains how the forthcoming code on data protection could encourage better practice at work</b>

<b>Employment law and increasingly litigious employees are giving HR nightmares. Emma Vere-Jones looks at the top law firms that can help</b>

<b>The European Commission will review a workers right to opt out of the weekly limit of 48 hours, set out in the working time directive. The CBI is campaigning for the opt-out to be maintained....

<b>The workplace warrior takes up the sword of truth to sound off about shoddy ways of firing people</b>

<b>Retirement is straightforward enough. Or is it? Not if you mix it up with redundancy over the age of 50, says Janet Gaymer</b>

<b>Richard Donkin expects big business and the unions to be at loggerheads over the EU directive on consultation</b>

<b>With concerns about work-life balance and the increase in stress, what role does religion have in todays workplace? By Stefan Stern</b>

<b>Under TUPE, a new owner may have to pay up for an earlier failure to inform and consult staff, says Janet Gaymer</b>

<b>How much emergency leave is an employee allowed to deal with a dependants problems? Janet Gaymer explains the law</b>

<b>UK maternity pay is among the worst in the EU. Will things improve with the new legislation coming into effect this month?</b>

<b>Janet Gaymer warns employers of the need to examine their working practices in the light of new discrimination laws</b>