Employers that allow sexual misconduct to go unpunished in the workplace are increasingly likely to be held liable, lawyers warn, as five women who worked for the late billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed launch claims against his estate.
Employers that allow sexual misconduct to go unpunished in the workplace are increasingly likely to be held liable, lawyers warn, as five women who worked for the late billionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed launch claims against his estate.
A former pilot for Ryanair told the Court of Appeal on Wednesday that his contractor status was a "fiction" as he fought efforts from the airline and a staffing company to overturn rulings that he is entitled to equal conditions with Ryanair's directly employed staff.
The inability of former Barclays boss Jes Staley to remember "now infamous" emails with Jeffrey Epstein undermines his credibility and his attempts to overturn his ban for lying about his ties to the sex offender, the Financial Conduct Authority said Wednesday.
Union members at the Office for National Statistics said Wednesday they have again voted to strike over its workplace attendance policies, as the statistics body faces government scrutiny of its performance and organizational culture.
A company which makes technology for monitoring people remotely has brought legal action against its ousted chief executive, alleging that she lied about her interest in the company's shareholders and stole funds from the business.
An employment tribunal has refused to force a director to pay the £12,060 ($15,645) that a workforce management firm incurred in defending his claims of unfair dismissal, ruling he didn't sue vexatiously.
An employment tribunal has ruled that U.K. hospital operator Circle Health must pay its former pathology coordinator over £54,000 ($70,000) after it found that her former employer sacked her without attempting to accommodate her postpartum health condition.
A former National Health Service administrator has revived her discrimination claim after persuading a London appeals tribunal to shelve an earlier ruling that she was not disabled because of her anxiety and panic disorder.
The government has admitted that hundreds of thousands of people receiving a National Health Service pension will need to wait nearly two years to see their benefits potentially increase.
The Financial Conduct Authority "thinking radically" about allowing savers to use accrued pension pots for house deposits is "very encouraging," Lane Clark & Peacock LLP has said.
The government must extend the safety net of the Pension Protection Fund if it wants retirement schemes to release up to £160 billion ($207 billion) in surpluses to the wider economy, a think tank warned Wednesday.
