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Law change plan to stop ‘garden grabbing’

Councils are to get new powers to stop developers "garden grabbing" and building houses on green space. Local authorities have...

Surge in BBC sex discrimination cases

Over the past two years the number of sex discrimination cases made against broadcaster the BBC has quadrupled, figures have...

RAF officer wins tribunal award

An employment tribunal has awarded more than £16,000 to an RAF officer who claimed she was discriminated against because she...

Gambling firms want EU laws changed

European Union (EU) officials have been urged to reform gambling legislation after one of its courts upheld a decision to...

Labour employment laws scrutinised

The Government's pre-election intention to review employment law has been boosted by a new study which reveals widespread indifference to...

Trust pays over age discrimination

A hospital trust has had to pay a former member of staff £187,000 in compensation after the 56-year-old manager missed...

Working time directive should go

The coalition Government has been urged to support the repeal of the Working Time Directive, which aims to limit workers'...

Half of travel chaos staff lost pay

A recruitment firm study has found that about half of all office workers who were caught in the ash cloud...

Lawyer wins discrimination case

A lawyer has been awarded £123,000 at an employment tribunal after it was ruled he had been sexually discriminated against...

Pilot loses racism claim case

A British Airways (BA) pilot who claimed he had been victimised for being Scottish has lost his tribunal claim. Douglas...

Equitable members welcome compensation hope

More than one million policyholders who lost money in Equitable Life received hope from the new coalition Government today over...

Ken Clarke appointed Justice Secretary

Ken Clarke admitted today that he was "surprised" at his appointment as Justice Secretary in David Cameron's new government. The...