More than 340,000 families are members of child voucher schemes, which allow parents to sacrifice up to £243 of their gross salary, in return for electronic vouchers that are paid to registered child carers. This can mean a saving of up to £2400 a year via tax relief on the cost of childcare.... read more

The employers of unmasked call girl turned bestselling author Belle de Jour are standing by her.  After years of speculation, Belle has revealed her true identity – she is Brooke Magnanti, a research scientist who works as a specialist in developmental neurotoxicology and cancer... read more

Following a campaign by civil liberty groups and unions the government have agreed to introduce new legislation outlawing forced labour and modern-day slavery in the UK. According to Anti-Slavery International and Liberty hundreds of people in the UK are subjected to a form of slavery and... read more

The employment appeal tribunal (EAT) has upheld an employment tribunal’s decision that an individual's belief in man-made climate change and the existence of a moral duty to live in a way that mitigates or avoids it, was capable of being a "philosophical belief" for the purposes of... read more

The ongoing controversy about Prime Minister, Gordon Brown’s handwritten note to the mother of Grenadier Guardsman, Jamie Janes rages on.  Jacqui Janes is reportedly furious that the letter, in which Gordon Brown offers his personal condolences upon the loss of her son, contained no fewer... read more

The Employment Appeal Tribunal has issued its judgment on the case of Coleman v Attridge regarding the issue of associative discrimination. The EAT has upheld the tribunal's decision to reinterpret the Disability Discrimination Act to prevent discrimination and harassment on the grounds of... read more

It has been reported that two male yeoman warders, or "beefeaters", at the Tower of London have been suspended following allegations of bullying and harassment by a female colleague, and a third is currently under investigation. Moira Cameron, who has made the complaints, is the only... read more

Yvette Cooper, work and pensions secretary has announced that she wants employers to offer better part-time jobs. In addition, job applicants would be able to request flexible working when applying for a job, rather than have to wait 6 months to make such an application, as provided for in... read more

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (the EHRC) are looking into the situation which arose at Milton Keynes Hospital in Buckinghamshire. It is reported that a mother about to undergo a caesarean section objected to an ethnic minority member of staff being present at the birth of her child.... read more

There have been comments recently that increasing rights and additional legislative protection for women are having the opposite result to the one wanted. In a bid to address inequality the government has improved maternity rights i.e. by ensuring women are entitled to the same benefits whilst... read more