Thousands of female Glasgow City Council employees will share a pay out of up to £50million. The Court of Session determined that the women had missed out on large bonuses…
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Morrisons must pay £10,500 in fines for their aggressive marketing practices against PECR guidelines. It followed complaints that the supermarket had sent out over 130,000 emails to customers who had…
The country is gearing up for voting in the general election on 8 June. But what do the main political parties promise to do for employment if elected? As not…
A shocked jobseeker inadvertently received an email revealing that a recruitment company believed he’d lied on his CV. Pedro Da Silva had applied for a job as supply chain manager…
An employment tribunal has upheld an employer’s decision to sack a long-serving employee over comments she made on Facebook, which were in breach of her employer’s social media policy. The…
McDonald’s 15,000 UK zero-hour workers could change to fixed contracts with a minimum number of set hours each week. This followed staff complaints that not having guaranteed weekly employment meant…
Flybe must pay £70,000 in fines for breaching the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulations. The UK airline sent marketing emails to over 3.3 million people, despite choosing to opt out of receiving such correspondence….
As UK hospitality starts to panic over how it will find workers after Brexit, could a ‘barista visa’ become the solution? Over 508,000 EU nationals work in retail, wholesale, hotels…
The union Unite has launched a tribunal appeal targeting umbrella companies, the first under its new Strategic Case Unit. The case involves Unite member Russ Blakely, who worked as a…
A new think tank report suggests statutory sick pay should increase from 28 weeks to 52 weeks. In a bid to cut the sickness benefit bill from £23 billion, the…
