Employers and staff have been given clarification on what type of behaviour constitutes 'harassment', following a tribunal hearing.
A ruling by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) that an employee's belief in climate change is capable of amounting to a philosophical belief for the purposes of the Employment Equality (Religion or...
A van driver who lost his job when he was spotted urinating on the side of his van, has lost his claim for unfair dismissal.
Millions of pounds money is being spent on fighting legal battles to stop low-paid women winning equal pay, trade union Unison has claimed.
Data from the Tribunals Service has shown that, even though the number of employment tribunals claims has decreased, single claims increased by more than 15% in 2008-2009.
Anyone who has been following the story of Carol Hill, the Essex school dinner lady sacked for telling parents that their child had been bullied, may feel aggrieved at reports that she was not...
The number of unfair dismissal claims has risen by 29% to 52,711 since 2008, according to the Tribunals Service.
Friday's ruling, which upheld the right of employers to force the retirement of staff when they reach retirement age, shows just how ignorant some British employers are and how disfunctional...
As has been comprehensively reported over the course of the last week, attorney general Baroness Scotland has been fined 5,000 after being found to have employed a housekeeper who was not legally...
A disabled woman with a prosthetic arm has been awarded 8,000 because her employer Abercrombie & Fitch did not comply with employment law.
Employers have been warned they could face legal action if they let staff know of their dismissal in writing - because staff can claim they did not know their contract had ended.
There was bad news for employers on many fronts yesterday as the House of Lords issued its judgment in the long-running case of Stringer and Others v HMRC.
