Last month HR magazine reported employees taking long-term sickness absence would still be entitled to holiday pay and Gemma Parker explains this could be a cause of concern

Employers could be liable for racial discrimination if they fail to consider applicants from outside the European Union.

The Court of Appeal has ruled that workplace jibes do not have to be true to be discriminatory in the case of a heterosexual man who was taunted for being gay.

Scott has reached a six-figure settlement, estimated by national newspapers at 250,000, from Five after the 57- year-old accused the television channel of age discrimination.

A council that refused to follow an employment tribunals ruling has been forced to pay double the original compensation awarded to a former employee.

Staff are entitled to only one 20-minute break after six hours, no matter how many more hours they work.

Employers have again been warned they must be able to justify all redundancies after the High Court ruled that Rolls-Royce is providing staff with a 'benefit' by giving credit for length of service in...

A London Underground employee who was awarded 125,000 in a racist bullying case has been accused of intimidating a white station supervisor.

Television presenter Selina Scott is set to sue Five for up to 1 million for age discrimination.

Milton Keynes Council has been found to have committed indirect discrimination after it did not employ a 61-year-old teacher with 34 years' experience for a job it advertised requiring "less than five...

A woman claiming 19 million from her former employer for workplace bullying has had the claim upheld by an employment tribunal after her employer, F&C Asset Management, appealed against the tribunal's...

Employers who take on staff through TUPE could be liable for up to six years of unequal pay claims, according to legal experts.