Staff who fabricate claims against their employer must pay legal costs, Tribunal rules

Disgruntled employees could be put off filing false claims after an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled staff who fabricate allegations against their employers should be ordered to pay the legal costs.

First Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide case goes to court

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has become the first company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

Employment tribunal ruling could change grounds for religious discrimination

An employment tribunal has ruled that a former executive of a leading property company can claim he was sacked because of his 'philosophical belief in climate change'.

SMEs put their future at risk by failing to downsize because they fear litigious staff

Complicated employment law and the threat of litigation from staff made redundant is hindering restructuring programmes in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to Abbey Legal...

Employers deserve better justice from the tribunal system

Since the phrase work-life balance was first coined, employers have struggled to feed the insatiable appetite employees have found for innovative and engaging work practices. But has the pendulum...

"Serial litigators" warning

Employers have been warned to brace themselves for a trend that has emerged where job candidates exploit age discrimination legislation to file claims against a raft of employers at the same time.

Welsh council fined 45,000 for health and safety offences

Carmarthenshire County Council has been fined for health and safety offences after an employee fell down a lift shaft.

M&S whistleblower sacked

Marks & Spencer has sacked an employee for telling a national newspaper about redundancy cuts that came into effect this month.

19 million claim for bullying and discrimination upheld

A woman claiming 19 million from her former employer for workplace bullying has had the claim upheld by an employment tribunal after her employer, F&C Asset Management, appealed against the tribunal's...

NHS staff face new hurdle over equal pay

An Employment Appeal Tribunal ruling has made it more difficult for NHS employees to claim equal pay.

Staff transferred under TUPE take equal pay claims with them

Employers who take on staff through TUPE could be liable for up to six years of unequal pay claims, according to legal experts.

Employment law: Out of the frying pan into the fire?

Controversy surrounds the attempt to reverse the 2002 Dispute Resolution Regulations.