Points of principal: An industrial relations crisis looms

Trade unions are using rising prices and workplace dissatisfaction to rebuild their muscle.

Police claim a moral victory in fight over pay award

Police officers have claimed they have "won the moral case" even though they have lost their High Court fight to force the Government to backdate a 2.5% pay award.

News

Landmark age discrimination ruling

A teenager who claimed she had been sacked from her administrative job for being too young has won a landmark legal case.

News

New owners get more than they bargained for

<b>Under TUPE, a new owner may have to pay up for an earlier failure to inform and consult staff, says Janet Gaymer</b>

News

The onus is on the employer to avoid tribunals

It will soon be compulsory for companies to have their own internal procedures for solving disputes, says Janet Gaymer

Features

Tribunal reform is welcome but does not go far enough

<b>There were 130,000 employment tribunal applications last year, of which three out of four were settled out of court. But the cost to business of defending tribunal actions has been estimated at an...

News

You dont have to wash your dirty linen in public

A review of the system for settling employment disputes is under way. Janet Gaymer explains the implications

News

And you thought employment law was easy...

Janet Gaymer explains what two recent judgments mean for employers who are anxious to avoid employment tribunals

Features

The trials and tribulations of tribunals

Tribunals cost time and money. Janet Gaymer doubts whether proposed procedural changes will ease employers burden Janet Gaymer

Features