Cash rewards for firms with army volunteers
13th May 2013
The Government is planning to offer cash to small businesses to encourage them to allow their workers to join the army reserves, according to Defence ...
National Insurance costs to be reduced
08th May 2013
The costs of employment will be brought down under new measures outlined in the Queens Speech, the Government says. Under the National Insurance Contr...
Two in five cancer patients ‘face prejudice’
07th May 2013
Bosses risk prosecution with the number of cancer patients who feel discriminated after returning to work on the rise. That is the employment law warn...
Lords bat back shares-for-rights
24th April 2013
Government plans to allow employers to offer workers shares in exchange for reduced employment rights have been rejected by the House of Lords for the...
Shares-for-rights scheme voted back in
18th April 2013
British businesses could soon be allowed to offer employees shares in exchange for reduced employment rights after MPs voted back in a controversial ...
Regulatory Innovation for Growth fund opened
16th April 2013
National regulators and local authorities are being invited to bid for a new fund which will help to allow them to create innovative new means of enfo...
Apprentice loses dismissal case
12th April 2013
Former Apprentice winner Stella English has lost her claim of constructive dismissal against Alan Sugar. The 34-year-old, who was on a £100,000 a yea...
Business reforms to cut red tape
05th April 2013
The minimum consultation legally required for large-scale redundancies will be halved this weekend from 90 days to 45 is part of a welter of new rules...
Call to close boardroom gender gap
04th April 2013
Businesses have been told to do more to improve gender diversity with new researching showing women make up less than of a fifth (17.3%) of FTSE-100&...
Laws relax criminal record vetting
03rd April 2013
New employment legislation will mean most job applicants will no longer be required to reveal their criminal history, the Home Office has announced. O...
‘Wholesale change’ of employment tribunals needed
02nd April 2013
The Government must implement “wholesale culture change” of the employment tribunals system to cut costs for business and speed up the process for...
Clegg backs employee-owned firms
28th March 2013
Ministers have backed calls for the value of firms owned by staff to triple and unveiled proposals to make it easier for employees to take the helm at...
Pension plans ‘more user-friendly’
26th March 2013
The government has outlined proposals to make auto-enrolment “more user-friendly” for employers. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) opened...
Lords block shares-for-rights plan
22nd March 2013
So-called shares-for-rights proposals that would see workers give up some employment rights in return for shares in the company they work for have bee...
‘Simpler’ work tribunals on the cards
15th March 2013
New rules aimed at simplifying and improving employment tribunals are set to come into force this summer. Employment Relations Minister Jo Swinson has...
Man awarded high-value dismissal payout
13th March 2013
A worker in Dundee has been awarded one of the largest ever unfair dismissal payouts following an employment tribunal in Scotland. David Galloway, who...
Jobseeker age discrimination ‘rife’
12th March 2013
Age discrimination against jobseekers is described as “endemic” in a new report. More than four out of five jobseekers aged over 50 think ...
Bosses ‘confused’ by employment law
08th March 2013
Bosses do not properly understand their rights and responsibilities on employment legislation, according to a new Government-commissioned report. They...
Lords defeat health and safety plan
07th March 2013
Government plans to transform health and safety legislation that would make it easier for companies to fight workplace accident claims have been narro...
‘Back to work’ schemes unlawful
13th February 2013
A university graduate has won her Court of Appeal claim after insisting that rules requiring her to work at a Poundland discount store for free are un...
Employee convictions law is human rights breach
29th January 2013
The Court of Appeal ruled on Tuesday that a law which requires people to disclose all previous convictions to their employers is a breach of human rig...
Cap set for unfair dismissal payouts
18th January 2013
Compensation awards will be restricted to a 12-month cap in all unfair dismissal cases when new legislation comes into force later this year, the Gove...
British Airways employee wins discrimination case
16th January 2013
A woman who claimed she was on the receiving end of religious discrimination after wearing a cross to work has won her case against British Airways. T...
McCririck sues Channel 4 for ageism
11th January 2013
John McCririck has revealed he is suing Channel 4 for as much as £3 million because he believes he was dismissed for being too old. The racing pundit...
Cut to large scale redundancy time
18th December 2012
The Government is planning to create a more flexible labour market by halving the length of time before collective redundancies can take place to 45 d...
Volunteer’s tribunal claim denied
14th December 2012
A disability discrimination complaint by a former Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) volunteer has been thrown out in the Supreme Court. The female voluntee...
‘Economy needs red tape culture shift’
10th December 2012
A shift in culture is needed in Whitehall to stop red tape hampering Britain’s economy, business leaders have told the Government. The CBI says an ...
Scepticism over pension reforms
05th December 2012
A Labour MP has warned that workers are very sceptical about Government reforms to public sector pensions. The changes, which ministers claim will sav...
Firms ‘aid construction tax evasion’
04th December 2012
The construction industry is dodging tax and leaving staff without employment rights by registering them as self-employed, an undercover investigation...
Healthy lifestyle ‘begins at work’
27th November 2012
A charity has called for bosses to take the lead in encouraging their staff to stay healthy at work. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) found 25% o...
