Too much employment regulation and legislation may be having a negative impact on the UK’s competitiveness, it has been claimed.
The British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) has suggested many businesses are having to cope with a “relentless flow” of complex employment law, which is also putting the creation of jobs in the future at threat.
As a [...]

Unions can help to prevent staff feeling stressed and de-motivated by new working practices and reduce the number of staff quitting their jobs, according to a new report published by the TUC this week.
The latest TUC Touchstone pamphlet The Road to Recovery highlights a number of ways in which unions are helping businesses and employees [...]

A press release issued by the National Bullying Helpline accused its former patrons of abandoning the the charity ‘when it needed them most’: “It is a shame that not one of them ever visited our charity offices to see how we operate or meet with our Volunteers and Trustee’s, despite request.”
The helpline will be temporarily [...]

Between 2004 and 2009, employers and employees had to grapple with the statutory dispute resolution procedures. These were designed to restrict the number of employment disputes that went before Employment Tribunals. Unfortunately, however, the converse was true. The procedures were so complex and the consequences of failing to comply with them were [...]

Following an employment tribunal, the Road Haulage Association (RHA) has won an unfair dismissal claim which was brought against it be a former employee.
Roadtransport.com reports the Croydon employment tribunal unanimously voted Gerald Wilson had not been a victim of unfair dismissal when he was made redundant by the association.
Mr Wilson had been employed as an [...]

Legislation to give Britain’s 1.3 million agency workers important new rights was laid before Parliament on January 22nd.
As agreed in 2008 by the TUC and CBI, the changes will give agency workers the right to the same pay, holidays and other basic working conditions as directly recruited staff after 12 weeks in a given job.
Commenting [...]

The step-mother of former prime minister’s wife Cherie Blair has appeared at an employment tribunal in Manchester, where she revealed she was sworn at by her employer after raising problems with him.
Steph Booth told the tribunal she had approached her boss Gareth Binding, managing director of Cool UK, to speak of her concerns about the [...]

Lucinda Bromfield of Bevans Solicitors gives us a whistle-stop tour of the highlights of 2009 and some predictions for the future of Equality Law.
Equality, Equality, Equality. For the last couple of years it’s been all over the media, to Europe (several times) and running rampage in Harriet Harman’s speeches. It’s also been a recurring theme [...]

A soldier who was the victim of racial discrimination and bullying at the hands of colleagues has been awarded compensation following an employment tribunal.
Kerry Hylton, an army chef from Jamaica, has received £22,000 compensation after it was revealed he was verbally abused by a Lance Corporal colleague while serving with the Welsh Guard near Buckingham [...]

The first lady of France Carla Bruni has been accused of nepotism – an issue which could see employers taken to an employment tribunal if suspected of a similar misdemeanour.
French news magazine Le Point has claimed that a government appointment’s commission had considered Francois Baudot not right for the role of new Inspector general of [...]