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Questions asked of job applicants at interview should be carefully considered in advance and...

The Court of Appeal has ruled that drivers who use online taxi company Uber's app are 'workers' ...

Employers can be found vicariously liable for the actions of their staff when these occur in the...

An employee wishing to bring an unfair dismissal claim must do so within three months of their...

A Christmas party is a chance for staff to relax and enjoy each other's company. It's also a...

Some forms of workplace misconduct may appear so serious as to obviously justify dismissal as a...

In Cavendish Munro Professional Risks Management Limited v Geduld , the Employment Appeal...

The debate about zero hours contracts has very much focused on the perceived lack of protection...

If an employee is dismissed but that decision is subsequently overturned following an internal...

EU Directive 92/85/EEC is aimed at protecting the health and safety of women in the workplace who...

In Roddis v Sheffield Hallam University , the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that the...

The EU Information and Consultation Directive 2002 established minimum requirements for companies...

It is an implied term of any contract of employment that an employer should not act in a way that...

Contrary to popular belief, except in certain sectors (e.g. education and financial services),...

In United First Partners Research v Carreras , an employee who had returned to work after he...

The rules governing the taxation of termination payments have been tightened with effect from 6...

The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 – often referred to as the 'Whistleblowing' Act...

There have been a number of recent cases looking at the precise nature of the employment status of...

Quite apart from any breach of sex discrimination law which might occur, it is automatically...

There can really be no excuse for a modern employer not to have in place comprehensive...

The 2018 Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup starts...

This year, Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20 May), which is hosted by the Mental Health...

Where there is an existing employment dispute, the communications that take place in order to...

References to 'seniority' or 'length of service' can all too easily be read as impermissible...

Under the Equality Act 2010 , direct discrimination occurs when the reason for a person being...

The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Bill was introduced into Parliament as a Private...

Two recent decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) have looked at a worker's right...

Under the Pensions Act 2008 , every employer in the UK has a duty to enrol certain staff into a...

Whilst the BBC has recently headlined the news on the topic of differences in pay between male and...

The Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) apply to any...