Thousands of key workers could be at a disadvantage, should they fall ill or need to self-isolate, due to a lack of cover in the Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) regulations, the Recruitment and Employment...

The UK government’s decision to extend the furlough scheme through March 2021 has been broadly welcomed, although there are calls for a long-term plan to account for the impact the pandemic will have...

Many businesses are critically re-examining diversity and equality within their organisations, recognising it as both a moral and a commercial imperative. Diverse workforces have been shown to be more...

Following a spike in COVID-19 cases, the government’s second national lockdown is forcing pubs, restaurants and non-essential shops to close once more.

For working parents, coronavirus has meant taking on the role of teacher while schools were shut, while also having to adapt to remote working themselves. They were essentially left with two full-time...

A group of MPs have called for mandatory gender pay gap reporting to be widened to include businesses with 100 employees or more.

?On 9 July 2020, the government announced that it intends to amend the legislation concerning the disclosure of certain types of criminal records.

As the country begins – slowly – to ease itself back towards normality and think about life after lockdown, we can all agree that we are feeling more unified, and closer to our fellow people than...

Employees who cannot work are being encouraged to return to their workplaces as of today.

No, declared the Supreme Court in a decision handed down yesterday (1 April).

Many countries have taken exceptional measures to support the self-employed during the coronavirus crisis but it is hard to identify any providing as much support as the UK.

The UK government has made temporary adjustments to Right to Work checks for employers to respect social distancing measures