The conviction of Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings for corporate manslaughter will herald an avalanche of similar cases, lawyers today warned.

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings was this afternoon fined the sum of 385,000 following its conviction for corporate manslaughter on Tuesday.

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Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings yesterday became the first company in the UK to be convicted of the offence of corporate manslaughter, in a test case that will cause waves in the industry.

In a ruling by the High Court on 17 December, the temporary cap on the number of skilled non-EEA workers allowed entry to the UK was held to have been introduced unlawfully. While the practical...

One in five employees has received a Valentine's Day gift at work but 44% of workers would be unhappy with an office romance policy.

A review of the default retirement age (DRA) has been on the cards for 2011 for some time now. Since Labour's age discrimination laws came into force five years ago, it has been clear that its removal...

Businesses are bracing themselves for a wave of strike action in reaction to spending cuts. Well-informed employers should be able to spot when a strike is unlawful and avert it.

A leading HR director has called on ministers and policy makers to see for themselves the "Byzantine" procedures that employers have to navigate to deal with disruptive employees.

Organisations will be penalised for losing an employment tribunal case under proposals buried within a government consultation designed to shake-up the tribunal system.

The Coalition has unveiled reforms to the way in which workplace disputes are resolved.

As the UK's first corporate manslaughter trial under new legislation gets underway today, a law firm has said that small businesses are right to be concerned over the law.