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.

Disgruntled employees could be put off filing false claims after an Employment Appeal Tribunal ruled staff who fabricate allegations against their employers should be ordered to pay the legal costs.

Cotswold Geotechnical Holdings has become the first company to be charged under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007.

An employment tribunal has ruled that a former executive of a leading property company can claim he was sacked because of his 'philosophical belief in climate change'.

Complicated employment law and the threat of litigation from staff made redundant is hindering restructuring programmes in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), according to Abbey Legal...

Since the phrase work-life balance was first coined, employers have struggled to feed the insatiable appetite employees have found for innovative and engaging work practices. But has the pendulum...

Employers have been warned to brace themselves for a trend that has emerged where job candidates exploit age discrimination legislation to file claims against a raft of employers at the same time.

Carmarthenshire County Council has been fined for health and safety offences after an employee fell down a lift shaft.

Marks & Spencer has sacked an employee for telling a national newspaper about redundancy cuts that came into effect this month.