On the 40th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act, the Equality and Human Rights Commission has called on organisations to do more to close the pay gap between male and female employees.
Employers remain divided about the benefits of employment legislation introduced by New Labour since 1997.
With one in five men admitting to accessing porn at work, organisations know they are sitting on a potential time bomb. While accessing porn is not illegal - unless it is explicit - the risks...
Changes to capital gains tax, National Insurance contributions and tax on bankers' bonuses are set to be at the top of the chancellor's agenda for the Emergency Budget on 22 June, according to tax...
Acas has issued guidance to help employers get the best from their employees and avoid absence during the football season this summer.
The TUC has called on the Government to produce clear guidance on drug-testing to clear up the confusion around the legality of random or routine testing in jobs that are not safety-critical.
By now it would be hoped that most employers are up to speed with their legal obligations in tackling stress and harassment in the workplace - that they as a minimum have specific policies in place...
It has been widely reported that Labour's 1% rise in the employers' National Insurance Contribution (NIC) has been abolished, but this is not entirely true, according to the tax team at international...
In April, fit notes were introduced to help prevent sickness turning into long-term absence. But there are doubts about whether the system will work.
Employees are ever more frequently finding themselves in trouble as a result of their social media activities. Two weeks ago a tweeter was convicted of sending a menacing electronic communication and...
The HR community has broadly welcomed a raft new government initiatives outlined yesterday in the coalition's five-year plan document.
The High Court outlawed the back-to-back strikes by British Airways cabin crew that threatened to cripple the airline's services for the next four weeks.
