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Supreme Court rules Tribunal Fees Order is unlawful under both domestic and EU law and must be quashed

28 July 2017

27 July 2017

Northumbria Police Force is trying to recover £577,000 in costs that it incurred in defending itself in an unfair dismissal claim made by the ex-legal...

26 July 2017

The High Court has imposed a six-week prison sentence on an ex-employee who breached an interim injunction prohibiting him from disclosing confidential information belonging to...

25 July 2017

The Parental Bereavement (Pay and Leave) Bill has been introduced to Parliament giving parents who are employed and who have suffered the death of a...

24 July 2017

An ET finds that the dismissal of an employee with over 28 years’ service was fair for making derogatory comments in Twitter postings over a...

21 July 2017

From 25 June 2013 onwards, under S.43B (1) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, public interest disclosures have to be "in the public interest" to...

20 July 2017

A former Council employee who gained illegal access to the council's computer system and changed the records of ex-colleagues, has been sentenced to 12 weeks...

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TUC survey shows 1 in 3 LGBT people have been harassed or bullied at work

19 July 2017

18 July 2017

A former British Council manager who was dismissed after calling Prince George a symbol of ‘white privilege’ is claiming unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal and philosophical...

17 July 2017

An ET awards an employee with breast cancer £47,000 for disability discrimination and harassment after requirements were imposed which resulted in unfavourable treatment and violation...

13 July 2017

Latest BEIS national statistics on trade union membership show that around 6.2 million employees in the UK were union members in 2016, a decrease of...

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British Standard for diversity and inclusion launched

12 July 2017

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