The Neonatal Care (Leave and Pay) Act 2023 comes into force in April, providing new rights for staff who care for newborns. Here’s what HR and employers need to know.

The Employment Rights Bill looks set to ensure that statutory sick pay (SSP) is available to all workers, from the first day of sickness absence.

From 6 April there will be a new right to neonatal care leave. Just what exactly does this mean for HR teams and employees?

The UK government tabled amendments to the Employment Rights Bill yesterday (4 March), after consulting businesses, trade unions and wider civil society.

With the Employment Rights Bill passing through parliament, there has never been a more important time to prepare for the changes in employment legislation as they take shape. But who can you trust to...

More than a million people are working on a zero-hours contract basis, and around 720,000 of them have been with their current employer for over a year, according to analysis by the Trades Union...

Earlier this month, the government indicated that it was considering a ban on UK employers using non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to hush up cases of sexual misconduct.

A former finance manager for Age UK has been imprisoned after pleading guilty to fraud by abuse of position, for stealing nearly £460,000 from the charity. 

There’s been a lot of panic-mongering about the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) and the changes it will bring.

The government is proposing a new state enforcement agency, the Fair Work Agency (FWA), as part of the Employment Rights Bill, meaning that UK businesses and HR leaders must adapt to stay compliant.

As we near the end of this year, our '12 Days of Christmas'-style countdown rounds up key stories from each month of 2024.

A tribunal has upheld a hotel receptionist's claim of race harassment and discrimination, after managers made numerous racist comments and told her she was “not dark enough”.