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Employee of the future Amelia? The latest development in artificial intelligence from American firm IPSoft is going to streamline everyday business tasks by automating laborious and boring work functions such as processing financial transactions, according to reports...

Watch out for your poppy seed rolls this lunch time..... the BBC are reporting a rise in the amount of workplace drug testing. Towards the end of the article it questions the validity of some tests as poppy seed bread can indicate the presence of opiates!...

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has announced that it will be carrying out an investigation into unlawful discrimination in the Metropolitan Police Service (the Met). This comes on the back of high profile cases such as the recent tribunal that found...

In the week that the National Minimum Wage increases, it appears that workers' pay is going to be a hot election topic according to Personnel Today. David Cameron promises tax cuts that will benefit those on the lowest pay rates, but also promises to increase the...

Employers are being advised that they need to consider what they will pay employees who take Shared Parental Leave (SPL) from next April. If employers currently offer enhanced maternity pay they will need to consider if they will continue ...to offer this to employees...

Next week is National Work Life Week - brought to us by the Working Families Organisation http://www.workingfamilies.org.uk/ - this week is aimed at promoting the benefits to both employers & employees of getting that work life balance right. The Working Families...

New rules come into force on 1st October as part of the Children & Families Act 2014 giving fathers and partners of pregnant women the right to attend two antenatal appointments. There is no continuous employment requirement to be entitled to this right, but...

National Minimum Wage Increases come into effect on 1 October 2014. This year sees the biggest increase since 2008 with the adult rate rising by 19p which is a 3% increase. The rates will be as follows: Age 21& Over £6.50 ph Age 18-20 £5.13 ph Age Under 18 £3.79...

The Telegraph reports that at the TUC congress earlier this week Labour have announced an intention to scrap Employment Tribunal fees if they are elected. The Shadow Business Secretary is quoted as saying that the fees are "locking people out of the justice they are...