Co-op faces 400 equal pay claims

Four hundred mostly female employees have launched equal pay claims against supermarket chain Co-op Food

Only 9% of employment claims reach tribunal

Research shows that claims going to tribunal hearings have fallen from 32% to just 9% in five years

Legal-ease: Secret recordings in the workplace

A recent tribunal judgment shows that the legal standpoint on employees making covert recordings in the workplace is complex

Legal lowdown: Vegetarianism not a protected characteristic

An employment tribunal recently dismissed a claim by an employee that he was protected from discrimination or harassment because he was a vegetarian

Legal-ease: Employee loyalty

Can employers demand loyalty from their employees?

Taking the grief out of grievances

It's best to air grievances effectively within the organisation or through external mediation, before they become tribunal cases

Pimlico Plumbers and the gig economy dispute

Charlie Mullins speaks exclusively to HR magazine about his eight-year legal battle, and how he feels about the gig economy

Covert workplace recordings not gross misconduct

Case law has shown judges don't view employees' covert recordings as misconduct. But fostering 'conversational intelligence' in the workplace will help prevent such incidents arising in the first...

MPs renew calls for gagging clause ban

The government must be clearer about use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which are still regularly used to cover up harassment, according to a report by MPs

Disability discrimination claims soar

The number of disability discrimination claims at employment tribunals has risen 37% in the past year, according to law firm Fox & Partners

Lorraine Kelly, HMRC, and the changing definition of self-employed

Lorraine Kelly has hit the headlines with a win against HMRC to the tune of £1.2 million in saved taxes and National Insurance (NI) contributions