How to avoid employment tribunal claims when planning job cuts

While the job market continues to look buoyant, some believe that raised interest rates and [...]

Room to Grow: Removing barriers to training for people on universal credit

Conditionality requirements that people who receive Universal Credit (UC) must comply with can significantly limit [...]

Health Adjustment Passport

The Health Adjustment Passport can be used if you have a disability or health condition [...]

Covid-19 and the self-employed – A two year update

The fifth LSE-CEP survey of the self-employed of May 2022 provides an up to date [...]

Covid-19: An Occupational Disease

To date, 25 million cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Britain. There is growing [...]

Can employers cancel a worker’s pre-booked holiday?

It is generally understood by employers that they can refuse employee requests for particular dates [...]

Unemployment by ethnic background

This short paper summarises trends in unemployment rates and looks at how rates vary by [...]

Part-year workers entitled to full-time paid holiday allowance, Supreme Court rules

Workers on part-year contracts, such as term-time-only teachers, could be entitled to back pay following [...]

New package of support to help over 50s jobseekers back into work

The government has announced millions of pounds of new measures to tackle unemployment amongst the [...]

Committee to examine Government’s Plan for Jobs and employment support measures

The Work and Pensions Committee has launched an inquiry into the Government’s Plan for Jobs [...]