The majority of UK businesses support reform to strike law, law firm Eversheds has found.
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised that the government will do more to protect NHS whistleblowers in the light of Robert Francis’s latest report.
The Conservatives' proposals to limit and control strike action could backfire and lead to an increase in illegal activity.
At the end of last year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the effects of obesity can constitute a disability. With 64% of adults in the UK classed as overweight or obese, what role –...
Employers can “breathe a sigh of relief” according to leading employment lawyers, after the advocate general of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) made the recommendation that UK employers are not...
At the end of last year, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the effects of obesity can constitute a disability. What does this mean for employers? Will they find themselves facing...
More than one in three (37%) disabled jobseekers have been discriminated against during the recruitment process, according to research commissioned by the Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative...
Since the introduction of employment tribunal fees, claims have dropped noticeably. Are they a barrier to employees getting real justice?
The average waiting time for decisions on benefits disputes has dropped from 33 weeks to under a fortnight on average, according to data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
The whistleblowing legislation in the UK does not require employers to have a whistleblowing policy in place, but there are good reasons to have one.
The ever changing legal landscape in the field of employment and human resources has had another bumper year in 2014, with important legislative changes to existing legislation such as TUPE and also...
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has implemented the Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 following assessment of the possible impact of the Employment Appeals...
