Employers may be made aware of the previous convictions of all staff - no matter how minor - following a landmark ruling from the Court of Appeal.
The days of employers being able to retire employees at age 65 are numbered. Yet in claims brought by older workers employment tribunals often base lost earnings compensation on a retirement age of...
The duty to provide equal pay free of gender bias dates back to the implementation of the Equal Pay Act in the 1970s. The Act was introduced to ensure that women receive the same contractual terms and...
Millions of pounds money is being spent on fighting legal battles to stop low-paid women winning equal pay, trade union Unison has claimed.
Employers have been warned to set up robust expenses procedures following the news MPs are being formally asked to co-operate with an independent audit of their expenses.
Data from the Tribunals Service has shown that, even though the number of employment tribunals claims has decreased, single claims increased by more than 15% in 2008-2009.
Conservative plans to transfer thousands of people on incapacity benefit to jobseekers allowance will prove counter-productive, according to the Mental Health Foundation.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission Disability Committee has published strategic guidelines for employers to tackle the issues faced by disabled people.
The headlines regarding the compensation awarded to former football manager and now TV pundit Kevin Keegan caught the attention of many. What was perhaps not entirely clear from the headlines was that...
A Conservative government would extend flexible working, according to Party leader David Cameron.
Conservative leader David Cameron is expected to give an optimistic speech today, promising how good things could be.
The Conservative Party plans to allow more skilled migrant workers to come into the UK, if they are in Government following the next election.
