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...
The figures don’t lie. Last year there were a staggering 218,000 employment tribunal claims.
The Supreme Court has issued its long awaited judgment in the case of Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust v Edwards.
Abolishing legal aid for employment advice will have the “perverse effect” of increasing the number of cases that end up at an employment tribunal, national charity Citizens Advice warned today.
Following the Chancellor’s announcement last week on sweeping changes to the UK’s employment tribunal system, employers should be warned the proposals carry ‘concealed and complex risks’.
While previously the law did not hold employers liable for third-party harassment, G Norouzi successfully argued that as a public sector employer the council was bound by the EU Race Directive, which...
The Age and Employment Network (TAEN) has expressed concern over a sharp rise in the number of age discrimination claims and warns the figure is likely to continue rising.
Nearly three-quarters of employers want employment tribunals to have greater powers in removing weak or vexatious employment claims from the system, a recent survey finds.
Employers, particularly in the public sector, are braced for a surge of industrial action, with a third preparing to deal with their own staff downing tools on strike, CIPD research shows.
