Higher unfair dismissal and redundancy payouts will increase cost to business by 84 million per year

The real cost of redundancy for employers will be significantly increased in many cases from October this year. In April's budget statement the Chancellor announced that the limit on weekly pay taken...

Points of principal: The answer to Parliament's woes

Give MPs a contract of employment and code of conduct with clear consequences for not complying.

Male staff win landmark equal pay case

Three hundred male staff at three north-east councils have won an equal pay case, allowing them to take advantage of discrimination claims already won by female staff.

Corporate manslaughter offenders unaware their guilt may have to be made public

More than half of employers are unaware they could face the prospect of publicising their guilt if they fall foul of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act.

Two thirds of FTSE companies offer better flexible working options than legally required

More than two thirds of FTSE 100 companies had already extended the rights of parents to request flexible working before the Government made the extension of the right official in April.

Turbulent times in Westminster, but worse is yet to come

Political news has been reading recently like the script of bad soap opera - financial irregularities, ludicrous expenses claims, ministerial resignations (or sackings), leadership non-challenges, the...

Stonewall advises employers how to handle tensions between gay staff and those with religious beliefs

Stonewall has launched new guidance for employers on how to manage perceived tensions between gay people and religion.

Total sacks 900 workers over unofficial strike action

Oil giant Total has dismissed almost 900 construction workers who took part in unofficial strike action.

Employers must ensure young staff drive safely says RoSPA

The Royal Society for the Protection of Accidents (RoSPA) is to launch pilot workshops to help employers equip and protect employee drivers aged between 17 and 24.

Blogging employees lose right to anonymity

'NightJack' - a subversive award-winning blogger, who exposed many of the inner workings of the police force, has lost his right to anonymity in a case which could now lead to hundreds of other...

Immigration loophole blasted by APSCo

A war of words is brewing between the Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) and the UK Border Agency over the use of so-called 'intra-company transfers'.

Lords' sickness absence ruling provides little comfort and less certainty

There was bad news for employers on many fronts yesterday as the House of Lords issued its judgment in the long-running case of Stringer and Others v HMRC.