Since – as it claims – it ‘inherited the recession’, the coalition Government has come up with several culprits for the slow to non-existent growth of the UK’s economy over the past few years.
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...
Hiring-managers, rather than Whitehall, will have to take responsibility for background checks on new employees from September this year, under new legislation outlined by equalities minister, Lib...
The employment tribunal system backlog is heading towards breaking point, according to the latest available data, EMW, the commercial law firm, has worked out.
The European Court of Justice has ruled that workers who fall sick during their annual leave are entitled to take corresponding paid leave at a later date, irrespective of when the period of ill...
HR departments are finding themselves responsible for holding a mountain of personal data online, where it is less secure than under lock and key in a filing cabinet.
The latest steps in reforms to the employment tribunal system were unveiled by Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb (pictured) yesterday, with the appointment of the Regional Mediation Network...
People aged 50 or above who lose their jobs are more likely to remain out of work for longer periods of time than all other age groups, according to think tank Policy Exchange.
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...
You're at the end of your tether. Batman has been using the new sofa as a launch pad for the last hour.
A report from BT and the Employers Network for Equality & Inclusion (ENEI), found that despite fathers having a greater role in raising their children, employers fall short of offering them the...
The Government will invest £5million in the expansion of the Mandatory Work Activity scheme, requiring more jobseekers to do a month's full time activity to help them back into work.
