A new agency is to be established and given extra powers in order to battle economic crime, such as bribery and corruption, in the wake of the new Bribery Act. (more…)
January 2011
Yvette Cooper, the shadow women and equalities minister, said that the government has failed to assess how the proposed Employment Tribunal reforms will affect women. She said the reforms will hit women harder than men. (more…)
A court ruling denying volunteers the same rights as regular employees under anti-discrimination laws has been branded “unfair” by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). (more…)
An Employers’ Charter was unveiled yesterday only to be criticised by trade unions and business leaders. (more…)
The News of the World is facing further controversy as fresh allegations of phone hacking have emerged today. The interior designer and stepmother to the actress Sienna Miller, Kelly Hoppen, is suing the tabloid for “accessing or attempting to access” her voicemail messages between June 2009 and March 2010. (more…)
Richard Keys has resigned from his job as a presenter on Sky Sports after his role in the sexism row. (more…)
The BBC has announced that 650 employees are to be made redundant as it struggles to make savings of £50 million from its international broadcasting operations. (more…)
Sky has terminated its contract with Andy Gray in response to video evidence posted on YouTube yesterday of his “unacceptable and offensive behaviour”. (more…)
Eight-year-old Theo Kramer has been awarded £6.4 million in settlement of his medical negligence claim. (more…)
Former Harlequins physiotherapist Steph Brennan has won his High Court appeal against being struck off the Health Professions Council (HPC) register after his involvement in the bloodgate rugby scandal. (more…)
