Employment lawyers have welcomed a High Court decision to support recently-introduced employment tribunal and employment appeal tribunal fees.
Post office workers have agreed a deal with their employer that will increase pay and job security and safeguard pensions.
Trade unions co-ordinating a strike in the London Underground have called for recognition of the damage cuts to the service will impose on workers’ employment conditions.
Efforts to reduce a backlog of employment tribunals are unlikely to have substantial impact as more than 625,000 cases wait to be heard, an employment lawyer has warned.
Acas chairman Ed Sweeney recently stepped down from his role after six years at the helm of the employment advisory service. HR magazine caught up with Sweeney to discuss tribunal fees and the future...
Amended Transfer of undertakings (TUPE) legislation comes into force today.
Plans to allow workers two-weeks’ paid compassionate leave following the death of a child have been quashed by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS).
The national minimum wage (NMW) could rise above the rate of inflation by 2015, the chancellor has suggested.
Fines issued to companies that fail to pay the National Minimum Wage (NMW) are set to quadruple, the Government has announced.
The final version of the amended Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) – TUPE – legislation has been laid before Parliament, following a consultation.
Zero-hours contract will continue to be a key workplace topic throughout 2014, the chief executive of Acas has said.
A national campaign that aims to end homophobic bullying at work has been launched by the charity Stonewall.