Since – as it claims – it ‘inherited the recession’, the coalition Government has come up with several culprits for the slow to non-existent growth of the UK’s economy over the past few years.
Hiring-managers, rather than Whitehall, will have to take responsibility for background checks on new employees from September this year, under new legislation outlined by equalities minister, Lib...
The employment tribunal system backlog is heading towards breaking point, according to the latest available data, EMW, the commercial law firm, has worked out.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, irrespective of when the period of ill...
HR departments are finding themselves responsible for holding a mountain of personal data online, where it is less secure than under lock and key in a filing cabinet.
You're at the end of your tether. Batman has been using the new sofa as a launch pad for the last hour.
The Government will invest £5million in the expansion of the Mandatory Work Activity scheme, requiring more jobseekers to do a month's full time activity to help them back into work.
The Government has unveiled plans for “greater business flexibility and quicker resolution for workplace disputes”.
Responding to the consultation on the controversial Beecroft Report on unfair dismissal, the CIPD has urged the Government to recognise watering down employment regulation is not only damaging for...
The General Medical Council (GMC) yesterday launched a tribunal service for doctors in the biggest shake-up of fitness to practise hearings since they were first established in 1858.
The Government’s call for evidence on compensated no-fault dismissal closes this Friday and industry groups have warned of harmful consequences of a "poorly thought-through" regime enabling micro...
According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Justice in March 2012, between October – December 2011 there was a 40% overall increase in employees and potential employees seeking...
