The government's flagship Access to Work (AtW) programme is failing to help enough disabled people into employment because of failings at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to a...

It would be easy to think that an employer can discriminate on the grounds of obesity after reading some of the headlines around the Court of Justice of the European Union's latest ruling.

The High Court yesterday (Wednesday 17 December) rejected a judicial review brought by trade union Unison to have tribunal fees ruled unlawful.

The ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that obesity can constitute a disability could cause real problems for employers, according to Osborne Clarke employment partner Julian Hemming.

A bill to give the government powers to force big business to reveal their gender pay data was passed with an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons yesterday.

Controversial plans to raise firefighters' pension age have passed a vote in the House of Commons despite members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) holding protests outside Parliament during a 24-hour...

A Labour government would make it a criminal offence to undercut wages with migrant labour, party leader Ed Miliband will announce later today.

Prospective parents can apply for shared parental leave from today (Monday 1 December).

More than one in five (21%) HR directors admit they are not ready for the requirements of the shared parental leave legislation that comes into effect on 1 December, according to research by HCM...

Ensuring there are clear routes “from the shop floor to senior leadership” is an important way for employers to retain skills, according to UK Commission for Employment and Skills chief executive...

NHS staff from nine unions are staging a four-hour strike over pay today.

Last week Sterecycle, a waste processing business, was convicted of corporate manslaughter following the tragic death of employee Michael Whinfrey, in an explosion at its Rotherham plant in January...