Employment disputes relating to alleged discrimination against transgender employees have more than doubled in the past year.
The UK government has launched a consultation into how holiday pay is calculated for temporary, part-time and zero-hours workers.
Sacked Twitter employees have accused the tech firm of “blatant disregard” of its legal obligations to workers.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has announced a national ‘right to strike’ day of protest on 1 February, following the publication of the government's minimum service levels bill yesterday (10...
Proposed legislation to enforce minimum service levels in public transport, and potentially the NHS, teachers, Border Force and fire services has been slammed by unions.
The Supreme Court has granted the Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers (Usdaw) permission to pursue its case against Tesco over use of fire and rehire tactics.
This year has been a rollercoaster, but we shouldn’t expect 2023 to be any less bumpy. As we (potentially) see rights given with one hand, could we see them being taken away with the other?
The CIPD, Trades Union Congress (TUC) and Institute of Directors (IOD) are among 13 signatories of a letter to business secretary Grant Shapps calling on government to withdraw a bill proposing to...
Over the past few years, European antitrust authorities have been targeting anticompetitive practices between undertakings relating to HR. Of particular interest are wage-fixing and non-solicitation –...
It was reported this year that the RAF’s head of recruitment refused to follow an order that she should prioritise women and ethnic minority candidates over white men, which she said was unlawful, and...
On 22 September secretary of state for business, energy and industrial strategy (BEIS) Jacob Rees-Mogg introduced a bill to put an end to EU-based legislation the UK has kept since the Brexit.
With the pandemic’s knock-on effect lingering and a cost of living crisis underway, many challenges are on the horizon for businesses of all sectors and sizes. As with any economic crisis, the...
