Unfair dismissal. Discrimination. Breach of contract. None of these spell good news for HR professionals and more often than not, they hint at long disputes and big financial losses. The outcome of an...
The Metropolitan Police has opened a formal investigation into allegations of collusion in the blacklisting of construction workers.
The British Airways (BA) employee, who lost her job because of her Christian faith, yesterday won her case for discrimination at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
An employee who became depressed when her husband told her he was gay has successfully sued her employers, Holland & Barrett.
This week the Court of Appeal will hear the case of Warby v Wunda Group, in a case UK law firm Eversheds has said could prove significant for employers and mean that they could soon be held...
I doubt whether any HR professional would disagree that any kind of bullying and harassment in the workplace is harmful to the victim’s health and wellbeing, odious in the extreme and not to be...
A major construction company and a concrete structures firm have been found guilty and fined £130,000 after a worker died following a 19 metre fall at a Swansea building site.
A women has been awarded £27,000 at an employment tribunal after suffering sexual harassment from her bosses.
Jonathan Ashby, former head of HR and payroll and an associate director at sports retailer JJB Sports, has lost his claim for unfair dismissal, despite being made redundant without warning. JJB said...
The fight to secure compensation for former Ethel Austin and Woolworths staff stalled when the companies went into administration in 2008, but has now taken a step forward.
In theory, since 1 October last year, no one should now be subject to a default retirement age (DRA). But in practice, things seems to be working out rather differently – and not just as a result of...
Further to the announcement last Friday that the Government plans to slash the £72,000 cap on unfair dismissals, opinion is mixed among employees and businesses.
