More than three million people working in small companies with fewer than 10 staff will be turned into “second-class citizens” if government supporters of the Beecroft report get their way, according...
More than a quarter of UK workers aged between 45 and 54 who work with other people think their employers put their colleagues who have children or families first.
Acas, the workplace relations organisation, has launched guidance to help HR managers have 'difficult conversations' – about performance, conduct or personal matters – can in the workplace.
Very few areas of employment law escape the scrutiny of venture capitalist Adrian Beecroft, in his report to Government published on 21 May. The headline-grabbers as far as employment tribunal claims...
The Government's approach to spreading opportunity and tackling discrimination is "already paying dividends", The Home Office has reported.
Until 1 October 2011, most businesses adopted the default National Retirement Age (NRA) of 65 for their staff. Under the then law, employers had the right to retire employees at 65, provided they...
The UK Government this week published the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which will, if passed, make significant changes affecting how workplace disputes are dealt with.
Last year the BIS asked Adrian Beecroft to report on a number of aspects considering ways to simplify employment matters for small businesses.
The business secretary, Vince Cable (pictured) has this afternoon, presented the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill to Parliament, aiming to simplify complexity in the employment tribunals system...
Unfair dismissal plans outlined in the Beecroft report published yesterday, will not help small businesses grow, the business secretary Vince Cable (pictured) has said.
Last month (April 2012), the Scottish civil courts refused to dismiss a claim seeking to hold Sainsbury’s plc liable for the death of a former employee. The family of murdered Roman Romasov, who was a...
If you are reading this bulletin in your home office, bravo. You are celebrating National Work from Home Day – and indeed Work Wise Week – in the best possible way. If you are reading this in your...
