The CBI has called on the Government to embark on a programme of wholesale culture-change of the employment tribunal system.

Agency workers are set to have better anti-discrimination rights after an Employment Tribunal awarded a woman over £35,000 for disability discrimination and unfair dismissal in a case funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

Many of the NHS boards across Scotland have outstanding equal pay claims to settle, the cost of which could run into tens of millions of pounds, according to the Scottish Conservatives.

Radical reforms will allow both parents to share up to a year’s leave to look after their new-born children, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced. The changes will allow fathers to play a greater role in raising their child, help mothers to return to work at a time that’s right for them, and create more flexible workplaces to boost the economy.