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Discrimination | Age discrimination tribunal payouts soar

The average amount awarded in successful age discrimination cases has soared by 624% to £103,000 over the past year, according to data from the Ministry of Justice.

Employment tribunal | V&A employee sacked for excessive emails was unfairly dismissed, tribunal rules

A female technician at the V&A Museum has won her unfair dismissal case at an employment tribunal.

Performance | Employees define 'high performance' differently to business leaders

UK business leaders and employees are at odds regarding what a high-performing organisation looks like, and how to achieve it, according to a survey conducted by software company, MHR.

Employment tribunal | Tribunal suspends lawyer who worked a secondary side job

Regulators have suspended a solicitor after the discovery that he was privately offering paid-for counselling to his employer’s clients, without the firm’s knowledge. We asked HR commentators how to...

Technology | A third of HR professionals don’t have AI guidelines

A third (34%) of HR professionals do not have official AI guidelines in their workplace, data from recruitment platform HireVue has revealed.

Culture | How can HR enforce boundaries around workplace banter?

Last year, 57 claims relating to workplace ‘banter’ were heard at employment tribunals, analysis by law firm GQ Littler has revealed.

Recruitment | CIPD offers guide to hiring refugees

The CIPD has today (19 February) published guidance to support employers in hiring refugees.

Gender pay gap | Women in their 50s have the biggest gender pay gap

Women aged 50 to 59 are subject to the widest gender pay gap, according to data compiled by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), published on Monday (17 February).

HR careers | HR is not perceived as professional, study finds

Nearly half (45%) of business leaders have reservations about the levels of professionalism across HR, marketing and sales, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM).

Employment tribunal | Library employee wins £7,500 for reasonable adjustments fail

A British Library employee has won £7,500 in an employment tribunal after she claimed her workplace was too noisy.

Recruitment | CIPD warns of rising redundancies

Almost a third (32%) of employers are planning on reducing their headcount through redundancies, or recruiting fewer people in response to increased employer costs, new research by the CIPD indicates.

Flexible working | Young people favour working from home, research shows

Only one in 10 (10%) young adults, aged 18 to 27, want to work in the office full-time, according to research from The Times.