Employers cannot discriminate on the basis of the ‘protected characteristics’ specified in the Equality Act 2010. These protected characteristics are age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage
What does 2017 hold in store for employers and HR professionals? We look at five key laws that will come into effect. 1 Changes to
We look at four key cases that the employment tribunals and courts will be considering in 2017 and which employers and HR professionals need to
Unlike many other countries around the world, there are no specific statutory rights for workers to take leave for compassionate or bereavement reasons in the
A haulage boss and a mechanic have been found guilty of manslaughter after a faulty tipper truck ran out of control killing four people. The
Do you know the process to follow to get an employee’s medical report? Do you know what to do if the employee doesn’t give consent?
A tractor-driving farmworker who ran over a boy has been jailed. It is thought the driver drank some 13 pints of beer the night before
The Work and Pensions Committee is calling for rewards to be given employers who actively hire ex-offenders. The Committee praises those employers, like Timpson and
A company boss has avoided jail despite a “lackadaisical and unprofessional” approach to safety in which a man died in a human cannonball stunt. Scott
