Tomorrow four Christians will be seeking to change UK discrimination law through the European Court of Human Rights.
A judicial review judgment, ruling that Department for Work and Pensions schemes to help unemployed people get work are not slave labour, means the department can continue to help people get the...
The Court of Appeal this week confirmed an employee on long-term sick leave was entitled to carry her holiday forward to the next holiday year, even though she had not asked to do so.
The Ministry of Justice has confirmed it will introduce fees for users of the Employment Tribunal from the summer of 2013, in a bid to encourage employers and staff to mediate or settle disputes.
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.
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 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...
According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Justice in March 2012, between October – December 2011 there was a 40% overall increase in employees and potential employees seeking...
In a highly publicised ruling last month, the Supreme Court made it relatively straightforward for employers to adopt a compulsory retirement policy.
The Government has responded to Law Society calls for clarification about the validity of compromise agreements drafted under the Equality Act.
As has widely been reported, the Government has increased the qualifying period of employment rights for being unfairly dismissed from one to two years. The new rules come into force on 6 April...
The Government is to launch a pilot scheme for two regional mediation networks for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as part of its bid to reform the employment tribunals system, HR magazine...
