The Government is promoting an "out-of-date stereotype" of temporary workers as poorly paid and exploited which is at odds with the reality of work, according to the Association of Professional...
Complicated employment law and the threat of litigation from staff made redundant is hindering restructuring programmes in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to Abbey Legal...
From April, stricter sanctions will apply to non-EU migrant workers seeking jobs in the UK, says home secretary Jacqui Smith.
The Health and Safety at Work Act has stopped the workplace being the dangerous place it used to be but progress has slowed down over recent years.
Bosses may be fearful of the extension of the right to request flexible working to staff with children up to the age of 16, but employees, it seems, are less worried about asking for flexible working...
The new code for dealing with disciplinary problems and grievances promises to make the process less confrontational than current statutory procedures.
From next month more people will have the right to request to work flexibly. Employers still don't have to say yes, says Matt Jenkin, but they need to have solid grounds for saying no.
Since the phrase work-life balance was first coined, employers have struggled to feed the insatiable appetite employees have found for innovative and engaging work practices. But has the pendulum...
The recession brings challenges and opportunities to organisations, a chance to question their entire business model, including markets, sectors and communities they serve - all at a time when...
If the Government is serious about helping the economy, it must extend loan guarantees and emergency funding to the manufacturing sector, according to The Work Foundation.
Pat McFadden (pictured), minister for employment relations and postal affairs, has staunchly defended the Government's decision to extend the right to request flexible working to parents of children...
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has recommended equal treatment of agency workers should extend only to basic salary and other basic statutory rights.
