Jonathan Ashby, former head of HR and payroll and an associate director at sports retailer JJB Sports, has lost his claim for unfair dismissal, despite being made redundant without warning. JJB said...

The fight to secure compensation for former Ethel Austin and Woolworths staff stalled when the companies went into administration in 2008, but has now taken a step forward.

Further to the announcement last Friday that the Government plans to slash the £72,000 cap on unfair dismissals, opinion is mixed among employees and businesses.

Growth should return to the UK economy towards the end of the year, and pick up a little pace during 2013, but unemployment looks set to peak at 2.7 million next year, according to the CBI’s quarterly...

Acas has published a new study into how employees feel about delivering news of redundancies and redeployment to colleagues.

A third of employers are maintaining staff levels higher than they need in order to avoid losing skills, but will make redundancies if economic growth does not return soon, according to a CIPD report...

The chained volume measure of GDP decreased by 0.7% in Q2 2012 compared with Q1 2012, the ONS has revealed.

Acas and the Equality Human Rights Commission have published a guide to help employers understand the rights of women who are pregnant or on maternity leave when facing redundancy.

Acas chief executive John Taylor (pictured) has joined forces with MP Ian Paisley Jr, with the backing of the TUC and employers, including Royal Mail and Veolia, to launch an online service for...

Ahead of this month’s employment figures, a report published this morning by The Work Foundation warns the Government’s response to the youth unemployment crisis is “insufficient and fragmented, with...

Redundancy is the primary tool used by managers and directors to regulate their businesses through economic cycles, but are the true costs of redundancy ever calculated? Are the alternatives ever...

Unemployment has fallen by 0.1% in the three months to April 2012, according to the Office for National Statistics.