More than a thousand businesses miss gender pay gap deadline

High proportion publish in final hours, revealing 78% of businesses have a gap in favour of men

Expected changes to the employment tribunal system

The impact of tribunal fees' abolition on the system, claimants and respondents is becoming clear

Acas releases new guidance for agency workers

The guidance is designed to give all those involved a clearer understanding of the current rights of agency workers

Firms fail to put 'gig' worker policies in place

As the number of non-traditional workers is expected to grow many businesses aren't giving them guidance or training

Legal-ease: Holiday pay

The most recent case law regarding holiday pay and the Working Time Directive/Regulations

Migrant workers needed for both low- and high-skilled roles

Businesses are concerned about – but not prepared for – a tighter labour market according to the Migration Advisory Committee

Employers must take action on "normalisation" of sexual harassment

?Corrosive working cultures have normalised sexual harassment, state new recommendations from the EHRC

Firms expect government to make pensions mandatory

Businesses also expect the government to increase auto-enrolment minimum contributions beyond 8%

Current policies failing working fathers, MPs say

New report calls for reforms to workplace policies to better support fathers seeking more active childcare roles

Asking employees to 'spy' on each other

Employers can ask employees to report colleagues for infractions but they should consider the negative implications

MPs call for end to unpaid trial shifts

MPs are calling for unpaid trial shifts to be banned, as Unite reveals that complaints have risen six-fold over the past three years.

Skillsets biggest obstacle to HR's GDPR response

HR could lead GDPR and step up into data protection roles, said speakers at a HR magazine and Sage webinar

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