Employers have been slow to apply for the licences they need, under new rules, to hire immigrant staff from outside the European Economic Area.

Women and carers will have the right to receive a full state pension under new government proposals.

Staff are entitled to only one 20-minute break after six hours, no matter how many more hours they work.

New rules giving temporary staff equal employment rights to permanent employees will exacerbate problems in the labour market, according to legal experts.

A Private Members Bill read today aims to improve workplace health and safety by having health and safety elements embedded into Britains education system.

Employers have again been warned they must be able to justify all redundancies after the High Court ruled that Rolls-Royce is providing staff with a 'benefit' by giving credit for length of service in...

Government policy was dramatically shredded today after new secretary of state for business Peter Mandleson put the brakes on extending flexible working rights to children aged between 6-16 years.The...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced a formal inquiry into the employment and recruitment practices in the meat processing sectors in England and Wales.

Harsher punishments for lack of health and safety provision will come into force in January.

The names and addresses of organisations involved in employment tribunal cases must be made public, according to a new ruling under the Freedom of Information Act.

Future legislation could prove beneficial to HR, according to payroll expert.

The two main party conferences last month were contrasting and surreal affairs. Labour's sombre gathering in Manchester appeared to be an exercise in collective self-reassurance as activists,...