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British Airways suffer  very costly data breach British Airways is facing the prospect of having to pay a record fine of £183 ...

Sex Discrimination Article   This month we saw the Advertising Standards Agency’s anticipated ban on ‘harmful gender ste ...

Disability Discrimination   As an employer, dealing with employees who have disabilities can present challenges such as ...

Employment Law Update No win, no fee Following the abolition of fees in Employment Tribunal cases, the Tribunals are now seei ...

Tengai - The HR recruiter of the future Bias, judgement and personal preference in job interviews may soon become things of t ...

Is the four-day working week the key to reducing employee burnout? It was found that in 2018 full-time employees in the UK wo ...

UBER drivers back in the news Only three months ago, UBER drivers were considered to be ‘workers’ by the Court of Appeal. Thi ...

Changes to the national minimum wage/statutory rates On April 1st 2019, the national minimum wage is set to change, with thos ...

Is the new self-employment offer from Hermes too good to be true? The delivery firm Hermes has announced that they have reach ...

On Monday 29th October, Philip Hammond delivered his third budget as chancellor. The emphasis of the budget was that the pers ...

Case Law Update 16/10/2018 Author: Dean O'Brien The problem with the law, I find, is that it never stays still and I think th ...

Tribunal won by worker who had her position ‘eroded’ whilst on maternity leave   Agruti Rajput, a senior banker who work ...

Employment tribunal rules that worker who called a colleague ‘k*** head’ was unfairly dismissed. Mrs V Smith was dismissed fo ...

Britain’s biggest businesses are failing to disclose important HR data in their annual reports   The CIPD published a re ...

Employment tribunal claims increase by 39% It has been reported by Acas that the number of cases taken to an employment tribu ...

Facebook fined £500,000 for role in Cambridge Analytica scandal Facebook have been hit with a £500,000 fine, for its involvem ...

Card Factory ranks first on list of employers failing to pay their employees the National Minimum Wage Card Factory tops list ...

Deliveroo to pay six figure settlement to drivers in gig economy case Fifty Deliveroo drivers have won a six figure settlemen ...

Hermes couriers ruled as workers and not self-employed at employment tribunal An employment tribunal has found a group of Her ...

College student working under a zero-hours contract is awarded £4,000 despite finding other employment A college student work ...

Dixons Carphone hit by huge data breach Dixons Carphone have recently confirmed a huge data breach involving 5.9 million card ...

Plumber wins landmark legal case for working rights against Pimlico Plumbers   A plumber has won a landmark legal case f ...

Amazon delivery firms face legal challenge over driver’s rights The GMB is taking legal action on behalf of members working f ...

The number of employees failing to use their holiday entitlement is on the rise It is reported only 40% of UK employees took ...

'Our Time’ scheme set to get more females into senior roles   The Mayor of London has launched a new programme, “Our Tim ...

Asda employee unfairly dismissed for receiving an increased refund Asda have unfairly dismissed a worker after failing to fol ...

Hermes faces new gig economy legal challenge over worker rights A leading union is taking an employment tribunal case against ...

HR needs to introduce AI to boost productivity The House of Lords committee has recommended adopting technology would be tran ...

DWP worker who received a warning for having an asthma attack at work wins £26,000   A worker who received a warning fro ...

Gender Pay Gap: Eight in ten organisations pay their male staff more than females The deadlines for both private and public s ...

The EHRC reveals organisations will receive unlimited fines for missing the gender pay deadline The Equality and Human Rights ...

Whistleblower exposes Cambridge Analytica and Facebook Facebook is facing criticism over how social media user’s data, was us ...

Employment tribunal claims increase by 90% According to the new Ministry of Justice latest statistics, the abolishment of emp ...

Drugs and alcohol policies in the workplace A British parliamentary committee has reported that former professional road and ...

Employers need to create health and wellbeing strategies for the future A new report by the British Safety Council (BSC) and ...

Government launches inquiry into sexual harassment in the workplace A government committee has revealed they are launching a ...

Government launches ‘crackdown’ on unpaid internships The government has announced, “unpaid internships should not exist, and ...

Tesco set to pay £4 billion in equal pay claim Leigh Day, Manchester based law firm, have recently launched legal action. The ...

A finance manager gained £17,000 fraudulently from her employer by faking cancer Not only did Teresa Clay lie about having te ...

‘Schoolboy error’ for primary school as whistleblowing dinner lady receives £45,000 payout A dinner lady has won £45,000 for ...

Carillion’s collapse leaves thousands of employees jobless The UK’s second biggest construction company, Carillion, has gone ...

One in ten organisations will not meet their gender pay reporting deadline Experts have warned employers could face serious r ...

Facebook accused of discriminating against older workers in job advertisements Facebook has been accused of age discriminatio ...

How HP is creating diversity Having an inclusive and diverse culture within the workplace is an essential aspect of people ma ...

Chief Executive at Dyson sued for leaking company secrets Dyson is suing its former chief executive over claims he leaked the ...

Employment Tribunal claims increase by 120% The number of Employment Tribunal claims has tripled since the abolishment of the ...

Government names and shames UK employers for underpaying staff Primark and Sports Direct are among those named for paying the ...

UK Must Prepare For the 4th Industrial Revolution How will new technology support UK business growth? An independent report p ...

UK rail fares set to increase by 3.4% in 2018 – who will it affect? UK rail fares are set to increase by 3.4% on Tuesday 2nd ...

The Gig Economy The Employment Appeal Tribunal this month upheld a decision last year that ruled two Uber taxi drivers were w ...

Who’s nailed their HR?...YOU! Many businesses are now seeing the benefits of HR and marketing departments joining forces, to ...

Outsourced workers launch landmark legal challenge over pay and the conditions under which they work Outsourced workers at th ...

Employment Tribunal Fees November update Following the Supreme Court's ruling in July this year to overturn the decision - as ...

Deliveroo wins right to not give their couriers minimum wage or holiday pay British food delivery company, Deliveroo has won ...

Uber loses appeal over employment rights With much press attention, the global transportation technology company, Uber, has l ...

Autumn Budget 2017: How will HR be affected? Chancellor Philip Hammond has announced the Autumn Budget, which reveals what th ...

British Council worker fired for calling Prince George “the face of white privilege” A former senior manager at the British C ...

LGBT workers bullied because of their sexual identity A recent survey has revealed two in five LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual a ...

Female employee takes legal action against BP for being ‘funny’ A female BP employee claimed her female employer told her “wo ...

Annual leave mix up leaves office workers with £30,000 An employment tribunal heard in Central London, awarded two office wor ...