A new report has revealed that the UK’s part-time workforce has risen to an all-time high in the three months to May.
Many put the rise down to increasing numbers struggling to find full-time employment in the wake of the recession.
According to the report, there was a 148,000 rise in part-time workers in the last quarter, [...]

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A draft of new amendments to the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business Regulations was put before Parliament on March 11, 2010, prior to the General Election.
One of the main effects of these amendments - which will come into force from October 1, 2010 - will be to make it illegal [...]

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Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) rulings on what kinds of measures are capable of amounting to repudiatory conduct in the context of a constructive unfair dismissal claim are always instructive.
Making a constructive dismissal case is a big step for any employee, and so any guidance on whether or not their claim is likely to succeed is [...]

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The Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) has recently addressed the issue of what constitutes "same employment" when an individual is making an equal pay claim.
In this case, Mrs White was a manager at Burton’s Foods at the company’s Blackpool site.  In her equal pay claim, she used former and present [...]

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The Tribunals Service has released new figures on UK employment tribunals. They show that from the year 1st April 2009 to 31st March 2010, there were 236,100 Employment Tribunal claims lodged, up 56% on the previous year.
According to the service, this is "largely as a result of the rise in [...]

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Member States will be required to apply restrictions to all bankers’ bonuses received after January 1st 2011 following a vote by MEPs.
Bonuses paid upfront in cash will be capped at 30% of their total value, with unusually large bonuses being capped at 20%.
Between 40% and 60% of all [...]

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The results of a recent study carried out by Bupa has shown that almost half (49%) of staff who are off sick will still continue to do some work, with 32% reading work emails while ill and 28% responding to them.
According to the research, a quarter of employees have taken work-related [...]

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While not strictly related to employment law, a recent ruling in the Supreme Court has delivered a landmark judgement that may be relevant to those interested in wider legal issues.
The judgement quashes a previous ruling that British soldiers serving abroad are protected by human rights laws throughout their term of service, [...]

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Business Secretary Vince Cable has recently given further details on the first phase of the Government’s plan to cut down on unnecessary business regulations.
Under the new plan, a number of new initiatives will be put into place, including:

All regulations inherited from the last government which are yet to be [...]

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Steve Webb, Pensions Minister, has stated that the coalition government will scrutinise auto-enrolment and the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) before making a decision on the future of these proposed schemes.
In addition, the Government has also announced that it intends to encourage people to work for longer by imposing legislation that will make it [...]

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