Clampdown on corporate tax avoidance
18th January 2012

Prime Minister David Cameron has personally called for a tougher approach to large companies who use “fancy corporate lawyers” to “endlessly reduce” their tax bills. In order to rake in the billions in unpaid corporate tax Read more...

Unemployed graduate to sue Government for Human Rights breach
17th January 2012

Geography graduate, Cait Reilly, is to take action against the government for breaching her human rights by making her do ‘forced labour’ in order to keep her unemployment benefits. Ms Reilly, who graduated in 2010, had been claiming job seeke Read more...

New European legislation will lead to a third of employers sacking temporary staff
17th January 2012

Many temporary workers are under threat of losing their jobs due to the new EU Agency Worker directive which will require employers to give short-term staff the same rights and pay as permanent employees. The Association of Professional Staffing C Read more...

Calls for higher threshold for compensation in whiplash cases
17th January 2012

The Commons Transport Committee has reported that MPs should make it harder for drivers to make claims for compensation for whiplash suffered in road accidents. The report warned that the volume of claims is driving up the cost of car insurance. L Read more...

ASDA employee wins settlement after ‘spying’
16th January 2012

Supermarket chain ASDA has been forced to pay one of its workers £27,000 after it admitted sending a private detective to spy on her whilst recovering from an injury received at work. Irene Heslop, 65, suffered a suspected spinal fracture in Marc Read more...