Paper mill workers won a £1.2 million protective award from their former employers after it failed to enact its redundancy duties.

In December, vacancies continued to fall, geopolitical risk was named as the fastest growing danger to business and Spotify made mass redundancies.

As we reach the end of the year, our 12 days of Christmas countdown revisits the key events of each month

Spotify’s mass redundancies are the consequence of an over-hiring epidemic which became commonplace in the tech sector following covid, according to HR and technology experts.

Cruise operator Carnival UK was embroiled in a fire and rehire controversy last week (23 November), after it made legal provision to fire more than 900 UK-based crew and rehire them on less favourable...

The number of planned redundancies in the UK rocketed by 54% in the 12 months ending 31 July, according to new research.

Highstreet retailer Wilko has collapsed into administration leaving 12,000 staff with uncertain futures.

The number of people in employment fell by 120,000 between March and June 2023 and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has warned Britain is on the brink of a recession.

Communicating with staff requires careful thought, as those at Made.com learned after being sued by employees that were made redundant via zoom last year.

Employment disputes with male employees were significantly more likely to reach tribunal stage between 2011 and 2021 than those with female employees.

A tribunal has found that a carer was unfairly dismissed during the pandemic as her employer failed to consider furlough instead of redundancy.

Former cleaning company manager, Grace Rouse, has won a claim against her employer who did not make reasonable accommodations following her heart attack at work in July 2019.