As the football World Cup tournament approaches, Peter Byrne, head of HR Legal Service, explains potential employment issues.

UK workers are protected from discrimination by the Equality Act. However, the Act is unclear on whether overseas workers are covered while carrying out duties abroad.

Four in ten business leaders regard the implementation of auto-enrolment as the biggest challenge their organisation faces over the coming years, a study has found.

The Government has released its latest report into employers who owe staff money after failing to pay them the national minimum wage over the past 12 months.

Taking a non-executive director (NED) role on a company's board exposes senior professionals to serious risk, Alexander Mann Solutions co-founder Mike Brennan has said.

As confirmed by the Queens Speech on 4 June, plans are afoot to allow workers to contribute to something called a ‘collective pension’. Here is everything you need to know.

Business and employment groups are united in praise of plans to introduce tighter regulations around zero-hour contracts, laid out in the Queen’s speech yesterday.

Following the Government’s Consultation on Modern Workplaces the right to request flexible working will be extended to all employees on 30 June 2014. HR Legal Service explains how to comply with the...

Workers whose total pay package relies heavily on commission will have this reflected in their holiday pay, following a ruling in favour of an employee in a tribunal.

Members of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) will from now on be classed as workers, with all the associated rights, after the Supreme Court ruled in favour of LLP member Krista Bates van...

Opposition leader Ed Miliband is due to announce plans to link minimum wage to average earnings today.

Attitudes to relationships have shifted over time and the concept of a lifelong marriage has been replaced with the reality of multiple relationships. A similar shift has taken place in the employment...