The government published its Employment Rights Bill on 10 October. We round up what HR needs to know.
A senior construction consultant at Lidl was indirectly discriminated against by a redundancy selection criteria that required him to have a degree, a tribunal found.
Bosses at Tata Steel have clashed with unions over plans for greener manufacturing. Can employers balance sustainability with workers’ concerns?
Unite the union has announced plans to escalate industrial action at steelworks in Port Talbot and Llanwern in South Wales, The Guardian reported (3 June).
Elon Musk, CEO of e-car firm Tesla, decided to fire an entire division at the company after the division chief refused to make further redundancies.
John Lewis has hinted that it will continue to make job cuts in 2024, despite reporting a return to profit.
The disclosure of enhanced redundancy payouts has plummeted by 51%, the legal firm Nockolds has revealed.
Candidate supply has continued to rise sharply in December 2023 as pay growth picked up from November lows, according to the latest figures from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and...
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.
