A London appeals tribunal held Thursday that two rail operators breached collective bargaining rules by cutting negotiations short and taking a pay offer directly to union members, preserving a £4.9 million ($6.4 million) payout to 1,250 workers.
A London appeals tribunal held Thursday that two rail operators breached collective bargaining rules by cutting negotiations short and taking a pay offer directly to union members, preserving a £4.9 million ($6.4 million) payout to 1,250 workers.
The Ministry of Defence has defeated a sex discrimination claim from a female member of the Royal Navy, convincing a tribunal that it was not unfair to restrict her participation in a fitness test required to become a higher-ranked officer because she had recently had a baby.
A human resources adviser has lost a bid to expand her disability discrimination appeal against the National Health Service, after an appellate tribunal found she waited too long to challenge an earlier decision that part of her claim was out of time.
Europe's top court ruled Thursday that the rules of the governing body of world football regarding players' agents breach the EU's ban on cartels, but said national courts must decide whether other rules also violate competition law.
The number of U.K. pensioners paying income tax has risen by three million in the five years since earning thresholds were frozen, government figures have revealed.
The U.K. government should develop a clearer national framework for measuring retirement adequacy to ensure the pension system is guaranteeing savers have enough money to live well in later life, an influential trade body has said.
Pension Insurance Corporation PLC has taken on full responsibility for all 36,000 members of the Rolls-Royce UK Pension Fund, just nine months after signing a £4.3 billion ($5.8 billion) deal with the British aerospace and defense giant.
