Employment plan ‘to cause friction’
21st May 2012
Tensions are expected to mount within the Coalition this week when an extreme plan to change employment restrictions is published. Venture capitalist ...
Government axes A4e jobs contract
16th May 2012
Training company A4e has been stripped of its welfare-to-work contract in the South East of England. The firm’s Mandatory Work Activity (MWA) c...
Plans to overhaul employment tribunals
14th May 2012
Proposals that will slash red tape and see reform of the rules around employment tribunals have been championed by the Business Secretary. The Ent...
Lawyer loses key discrimination claim
25th April 2012
Five Supreme Court Justices have unanimously dismissed an appeal by a lawyer who was forced to retire at 65. Leslie Seldon had already lost at the Cou...
Whistleblowers ‘must be rewarded’
23rd April 2012
An expert in employment law has called for more rewards to be offered to so-called whistleblowers in the workplace. David Lewis, a professor of emplo...
Disabled Remploy staff to protest
20th April 2012
Workers from soon-to-be-closed Remploy factories are to demonstrate against the plans, which will see 1,500 disabled employees lose their jobs. Led by...
Temp numbers drop after EU ruling
11th April 2012
Figures have shown temporary job placements have fallen 18% over the past year, with experts suggesting many firms may be choosing not to take on temp...
Employment tribunal rules changed
10th April 2012
Businesses in west London, the South East and elsewhere in the UK will now find it easier to take on staff after new employment tribunal changes, busi...
Law change ‘puts 2.7m jobs at risk’
03rd April 2012
The Government’s decision to extend the qualifying period for protection from unfair dismissal from one to two years has put 2.7 million jobs at...
‘Apprenticeships must last a year’
02nd April 2012
Skills Minister John Hayes has revealed that from August next year apprentices will have to last at least 12 months. The stipulation, which has been i...
