Although it is positive that employers are already introducing more generous parental leave policies, there needs to be an accompanying shift in employers’ cultures to dismantle the bias that...
An employment tribunal has ruled that voodoo or voodooism is a protected belief. after an employee told her colleague "I’m like a voodoo doll with needles in her eyes" to describe how tired she was.
A computer analyst has been told by a tribunal that a belief in his own psychic ability does not qualify as a protected belief.
Female workers at supermarket Asda have advanced to the final stage in their legal battle for equal pay, in what law firm Leigh Day described as "the largest ever private-sector equal pay claim".
More than a million people are working on a zero-hours contract basis, and around 720,000 of them have been with their current employer for over a year, according to analysis by the Trades Union...
The exposure of an “unapologetically racist” HMRC employee has raised questions about how HR and recruiters monitor and hire people with extreme political beliefs.
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A tribunal judicial ruling has allowed a claimant to refer to a transgender colleague with pronouns they did not choose, raising questions over how to manage disputes regarding gender identity in the...
The arrest of a former British Museum employee has raised questions about how UK businesses ensure data and systems are secure at work — and how HR leaders can implement effective cybersecurity and...
Earlier this month, the government indicated that it was considering a ban on UK employers using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to hush up cases of sexual misconduct.
Fintech company Stripe has announced its latest round of layoffs on Monday (20 January), cutting 300 employees, but has insisted that they will achieve targets to grow its headcount by 17% by December...
The official tasked with overseeing labour exploitation in the UK has called on the government to clarify long-standing questions over workers’ status, if it wants the overhaul of employee rights to...