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16 May

Consultation on proposals to streamline employment tribunal process

New Government Equalities Office consultation seeks views on removing employment tribunals’ power to make wider recommendations in discrimination cases; and the procedure for obtaining information.

16 May, 2012

15 May

Hounga v Allen & Anor

New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether the fact that an employee was working illegally affected her claim for dismissal on racially discriminatory grounds.

15 May, 2012

D (A Child)

New Court of Appeal judgment that considers whether local authority has duty to provide care to child whose mother is also a child, in the care of another local authority.

15 May, 2012

Number of men in part-time employment has doubled over last four years

TUC analysis, ahead of unemployment figures published tomorrow, also shows that number of under-employed women has increased by 74 per cent, bringing the total number of people in involuntary part-time work to 1.38m.

15 May, 2012

Rural Housing at a Time of Economic Change

New research published by Commission for Rural Communities develops a new understanding for rural areas of the changing levels of rents, migration and the impact of new government policies on affordable housing and housing benefit.

15 May, 2012

Experiences of forced labour in the UK food industry

New Joseph Rowntree Foundation report shows that some migrants are working under threatening and inhumane conditions for little or no pay, in parts of the food industry.

15 May, 2012

Almost nine in ten apprentices satisfied with their training

Skills Minister John Hayes announces that results from new Apprentice Learner Survey show that apprentices are getting promoted, improving their confidence and talking on more responsibility in the workplace.

15 May, 2012

14 May

Money Advice Trust response to MoJ Transforming bailiff action consultation paper

Charity would like to see a statutory body responsible for regulating activities of all bailiffs as regulation should be independent and impartial.

14 May, 2012

Employment case law round up

Latest decisions added to the Tribunals Service website.

14 May, 2012

Government plans to move care from acute hospitals to community settings a ‘facade’

Royal College of Nursing survey shows that only six per cent of community nurses said they had time to meet the needs of their patients, and almost all said that their caseload had increased over the last year.

14 May, 2012