The Court of Appeal's decision in the case of Lillian Ladele vs London Borough of Islington clarifies the position for employers when their employees object to carrying out aspects of their jobs...

The Government is facing legal action by the European Commission for alleged failure to properly implement certain aspects of European directives supporting equal treatment.

However muted it may be, 2010 is likely to see the return of growth to the UK economy. So how can employers make the most of the upturn when it finally arrives?

It is over-simplistic to accuse the Government's plan to raise national insurance as a 'tax on jobs', according to the CIPD.

High-earners will have to pay 50p tax on each pound of their salary more than 150,000, the chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed.

Alistair Darling has announced plans to tax bankers' bonuses in his Pre-Budget Report speech.

Alistair Darling's Pre-Budget Report must give small businesses help with skills training, according to the Forum of Private Business (FPB).

As the chancellor prepared to give his much anticipated Pre-Budget Report this afternoon, the CIPD has called on him to keep the rate of VAT at 15% until April 2010 and extend the Job Guarantee for...

Employers have been warned income tax hikes, an increase in capital gains tax (CGT), a VAT rise, National Insurance Contribution (NIC) hikes and changes to salary-sacrifice tax efficiencies could come...

An increased focus on equal pay in 2009 has resulted in a number of initiatives that will place this issue high on the agenda of all HR professionals in 2010. In the third article in our series,...

The TUC and Volunteering England have launched a campaign to strengthen ties between paid staff and volunteers.

Employers and staff have been given clarification on what type of behaviour constitutes 'harassment', following a tribunal hearing.