Since the introduction of employment tribunal fees, claims have dropped noticeably. Are they a barrier to employees getting real justice?

The average waiting time for decisions on benefits disputes has dropped from 33 weeks to under a fortnight on average, according to data from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

The whistleblowing legislation in the UK does not require employers to have a whistleblowing policy in place, but there are good reasons to have one.

The ever changing legal landscape in the field of employment and human resources has had another bumper year in 2014, with important legislative changes to existing legislation such as TUPE and also...

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has implemented the Deduction from Wages (Limitation) Regulations 2014 following assessment of the possible impact of the Employment Appeals...

It would be easy to think that an employer can discriminate on the grounds of obesity after reading some of the headlines around the Court of Justice of the European Union's latest ruling.

The High Court yesterday (Wednesday 17 December) rejected a judicial review brought by trade union Unison to have tribunal fees ruled unlawful.

The ruling of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that obesity can constitute a disability could cause real problems for employers, according to Osborne Clarke employment partner Julian Hemming.

A bill to give the government powers to force big business to reveal their gender pay data was passed with an overwhelming majority in the House of Commons yesterday.

A Labour government would make it a criminal offence to undercut wages with migrant labour, party leader Ed Miliband will announce later today.

Prospective parents can apply for shared parental leave from today (Monday 1 December).

More than one in five (21%) HR directors admit they are not ready for the requirements of the shared parental leave legislation that comes into effect on 1 December, according to research by HCM...