The government says it wants to provide mothers and pregnant women with better protection against the threat of redundancy.

Employers have had to pay out more than £83,000 under the tribunal penalty regime that came into force last year.

An employer has won an appeal against having to make redundancy payments to employees who were unwilling to relocate to a new workplace.

EasyJet has compensated an air hostess who was sacked for eating one of the company's bacon sandwiches that was given to her by her manager.

In a world where business is increasingly conducted online, customers are choosing to turn to the internet in order to share their experiences of all manner of commercial transactions. This ranges from rating their plumber to ranting about poor service from their utilities provider.