Employment law

Guy Hollebon, Head of Employment Law at Bristol and London based Bevans Solicitors, analyses the dramatic rise in claims and gives top tips.

Private sector employers should brace themselves for a wave of mass discrimination lawsuits following the abolition of a pay secrecy clause in the Equality Act.

Marcus Downing considers how to engage older workers now they are likely to be more prevalent in the workplace.

Your guide to the new retirement age from Ian Bird, principal partner at Foster Denovo.

This week the experts, Martin Brewer and Esther Smith, advise on whether restrictive covenants can be enforced.

The Unite union has called off proposed industrial action by thousands of airport workers that would have crippled six UK airports, after operator BAA agreed to a “much improved” pay offer.

This week the experts, Adam Partington and Esther Smith, advise on whether you can justify fixed term contracts.

The Communications Workers Union is urging engineers suffering from tinnitus and deafness to seek compensation from the telco for potential negligence.

A ruling that female workers at an NHS Trust in Merseyside are entitled to the same level of payment for working antisocial hours as men could open the way to similar claims elsewhere.

Mark Hurd, the hugely respected CEO credited with turning around the fortunes of HP, resigned over the weekend.