Drugs helpline Release has reported a fivefold increase in calls about drug testing at work, prompting fears that firms are looking for excuses to make "cheap redundancies".

National Grid is considering offshoring 182 jobs to India, including HR roles at its Newcastle based payroll department, the GMB has claimed.

If MPs were company directors they would have been fired over expense claims, according to a legal expert, despite reports this morning that more than 20 ministers have promised to pay back 100,000...

United Biscuits announced no decision has been made on whether or not UK jobs will be sent abroad, despite claims from trade union Unite that the manufacturer had 'confirmed' earlier this week it...

The Government has pledged to introduce regulations preventing union members from being blacklisted and denied employment.

The Government has announced the setting up of a consultation process on giving agency workers the same rights as permanent staff.

PC Pam Fleming has been in the news lately. She is the first police officer to publicly admit to being a Jedi. Eight other police officers at Strathclyde Police have listed their religion as Jedi in...

The Equal Pay Act was introduced in 1970 but, nearly 40 years on, it seems that the gap between men and women's pay has yet to disappear completely.

With swine flu dominating the headlines, employers are starting to realise that they need to be prepared to deal with isolated or sizable levels of absence. Only today it was reported that a business...

Opinion is divided over yesterday's decision by the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) to keep the UK opt-out from the 48-hour week Working Time Directive.

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has become the first company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

The prime minister has decided to press ahead with a vote tomorrow on reforming MPs' expenses - without carrying out an independent review.