Ministers have turned down Liberal Democrat equality spokeswoman Lynne Featherstone's proposals to have a vote on whether equal pay audits should be made compulsory as soon as the Equality Bill comes...
David Cameron is to call for a review of the "straitjacket health and safety rules" in UK workplaces.
Age discrimination is among several reasons for tribunal claims that may come to the fore in 2010. Last year over 260,000 claims were brought to tribunal, where even a successful defence costs an...
The chancellor must take more action to tackle youth unemployment in the Pre-Budget Report, according to The Work Foundation.
For a long time tribunal claims under the philosophical belief limb of the Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003 had been few and far between. Now in rapid order, two recent...
Acas reports has helped businesses avoid more than 2,000 employment tribunal claims in just seven months since the introduction of the Pre-Claim Conciliation (PCC) service.
To what extent can an employer be held liable for a failure to make reasonable adjustments under the Disability Discrimination Act when it is not even aware of the fact or the effects of a claimant's...
Almost two thirds (61%) of HR magazine readers approve of the EU Court of Justice ruling allowing employees who go on sick leave during annual leave to reschedule their holidays, even if this means...
Homer Simpson has become the unlikely face of a new health and safety at work initiative by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
Employment law is always changing, and this shows no sign of slowing down in 2010. In the first of a series of articles looking at the main changes expected in 2010, Lorraine Heard, a partner in the...
Young people in the UK risk being outgunned in the employment stakes by an active, articulate and well organised 'grey haired' lobby, which is effective in promoting the rights and interests of older...
The Government has published draft regulations to tighten existing UK law regulating European works councils (EWC).
