Employment News
Almost one-third (29%) of organisations have no plans to deal with disruption caused by this summer's London Olympics, despite the majority expecting to experience some form of disruption during the Games.
This is accordin
Figures released today point to a modest reduction in permanent placements as well as the first reduction in temporary placements for two and a half years.
The figures are included in the latest Report on Jobs, published b
One of my senior planning department employees has recently got married. Her new husband works for our fiercest competitor and I am concerned that she may be tempted to disclose our confidential information to him. I have never had a probl
There have been further developments today in the debate over the impact of immigration on levels of unemployment in the UK.
Research published today by the Government's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) points to an assoc
A former NHS worker has been awarded £933,115 in compensation after an employment tribunal found that he had been subject to racial discrimination and unfair dismissal.
Elliot Browne was a divisional director at Centr
The Agency Workers Regulations (AWR), which came into force on 1 October 2011, granted agency workers the same rights as permanent employees. Nick Woodward, managing director at Etz Timesheet Solutions, believes that the AWR
Employers need to review staff communications about the economic pressures on pay in order to keep them motivated when awards are constrained, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has warned.
Job opportunities were 17% higher in December 2011 compared with the same period in 2010, and were more than one-fifth higher than in December 2009, according to figures published today by reed.co
Two cases decided in 2011 take a broad approach to the application of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997, says employment lawyer Gemma Hay.
Q What is the Protection from Harassment
On 1 January 2012, new rules on the VAT treatment of certain benefits provided under salary-sacrifice schemes will come into force.
The changes follow a ruling in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) that, where an employer