Southern rail fine: Can employers really blame the trade unions?

Southern’s owner has been fined £13.4 million, but was the company or the unions primarily to blame for disruption?

Honest conversations key to race equality at the NHS

Working conditions for BAME NHS staff have been improved through “sharing a common goal” with representative bodies

The state of the union: The future of IR

Are trade unions really representing modern workers or do they need to change with the times?

The Trade Union Act: Unpicking the new rules

A new act means significant changes to rules around balloting, timing and public services

The 12 months of 2016: March

As our 12 Days of Christmas countdown we take a look at the most interesting HR happenings over the last year

Legal lowdown: Request for union recognition

Deliveroo recently received a request for trade union recognition. So how do rights to union recognition work?

Care workers sue over not being paid minimum wage

UNISON is taking a local council and care provider to court over failing to pay the minimum wage

'Summer of discontent' masks decline in strikes

Industrial action is in decline. But the question is: will this trend continue?

Reforms to strike law: A recap

The Southern Rail strikes throw into sharp relief new strike law under the Trade Union Act 2016

What do Owen Smith's 20 pledges mean for HR?

A ban on zero-hours contracts and a repeal of the Trade Union Act have been pledged by Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith

Government considers Tata intervention

Tata Steel may struggle to find a buyer for UK loss-making business without government assistance

Government announces new contract to be imposed on junior doctors

The government will impose a new contract on junior doctors despite opposition from the BMA