An employment tribunal recently dismissed a claim by an employee that he was protected from discrimination or harassment because he was a vegetarian
Can employers demand loyalty from their employees?
It's best to air grievances effectively within the organisation or through external mediation, before they become tribunal cases
Charlie Mullins speaks exclusively to HR magazine about his eight-year legal battle, and how he feels about the gig economy
Case law has shown judges don't view employees' covert recordings as misconduct. But fostering 'conversational intelligence' in the workplace will help prevent such incidents arising in the first...
The government must be clearer about use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), which are still regularly used to cover up harassment, according to a report by MPs
The number of disability discrimination claims at employment tribunals has risen 37% in the past year, according to law firm Fox & Partners
Lorraine Kelly has hit the headlines with a win against HMRC to the tune of £1.2 million in saved taxes and National Insurance (NI) contributions
For employers the risk to reputation lies in the database serving as a publicly-available archive of claims brought against them
It's not clear whether rudeness to customers amounts to gross misconduct
The latest employment tribunal case involving Olympic athlete Jessica Varnish is perhaps the most high-profile example of an employment status dispute to date