Women should not be forced to wear high heels to work, according to the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists (SCP).

More than a quarter of payroll staff are ill-prepared to cope with government contingency plans to change the sickness self-certification period for staff during the swine flu pandemic.

Forty-six Thomas Cook employees who took part in a sit-in to protest against redundancies, have been arrested and charged with contempt of court.

Small business bosses are afraid to make redundancies because they fear staff reprisals, new research reveals.

Just as British businesses are adjusting to new working patterns brought about by cost-cutting exercises in the face of the economic downturn, they find themselves facing the growing threat of mass...

Employers have been warned to undertake more rigorous checks into candidates' backgrounds after new research revealed the number of prosecutions for employers hiring illegal immigrants increased by...

The CIPD has called for more clarity around the Agency Workers Directive, which is designed to bring equal rights to agency and temporary staff in the workplace.

The European Working Time Directive was implemented into UK legislation under the Working Time Regulations 1998. One of the most highly publicised provisions is the limit on a worker's average working...

NHS doctors are ready for a 48-hour maximum working week, in spite of the swine flu pandemic, according to NHS Employers.

The gender pay gap is not closing, and lack of Government action is to blame, the Women and Work Commission has found.

The Government is considering holding a bank holiday in remembrance of employees who died at work.

The Working Time Directive should be suspended in light of the swine flu pandemic, according to a legal expert.