Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings was this afternoon fined the sum of 385,000 following its conviction for corporate manslaughter on Tuesday.
Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings yesterday became the first company in the UK to be convicted of the offence of corporate manslaughter, in a test case that will cause waves in the industry.
A leading HR director has called on ministers and policy makers to see for themselves the "Byzantine" procedures that employers have to navigate to deal with disruptive employees.
Organisations will be penalised for losing an employment tribunal case under proposals buried within a government consultation designed to shake-up the tribunal system.
A law firm has told business leaders that they can take "comfort" from a recent ruling on age discrimination.
The Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act 2007 came into force on 6 April 2008. This Act makes it an offence for an organisation to manage or organise its activities in such a way as to cause a...
The number of tribunal claims brought against employers in England, Scotland and Wales has soared in the past year, new findings reveal.
The controversial case of Gibb v Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust has gone to the heart of the highly relevant issue of whether employers can offer generous terms of payment for terminating...
The High Court outlawed the back-to-back strikes by British Airways cabin crew that threatened to cripple the airline's services for the next four weeks.
The Public Sector People Managers Association (PPMA) has said it is "never any council's intention" to pay staff unfairly, despite female workers at Birmingham City Council winning millions of pounds...
An EU ruling on voluntary benefits and salary sacrifice could cost employers 0.5 billion in unpaid VAT
An era of multi-million pound payouts for unfair dismissals could be about to begin, according to legal experts.
