The Fairness at Work Bill sets out new rights for workers, including equal treatment for part-time and full-time workers. IT has long been a law unto itself. Long hours spent sweating over a hot keyboard are considered par for the course.
The US Congress is considering legislation that will force employers to tell their workforce if email, telephone and internet activities are being monitored. Software that lets suspicious employers spy on employees is in widespread use in the US...
Storage management software company Veritas may well hit the acquisition trail again as spending on IT starts to pick up. However, the traditionally acquisitive company probably won't do another 'mega-deal' such as the one that saw it buy Seagate...
The Commission considers it essential to crack down on the 'big' offenders, and the proposal accordingly focuses on infringements committed for commercial purposes or causing significant harm to right holders," she wrote, noting: "This view has...
Ask Jeeves and the Mozilla Foundation have begun discussions on the twin possibilities of a Firefox-based Jeeves browser and of donating Jeeves' desktop search technology to the open source group. The discussions come as relations between Mozilla...
The government is considering restricting the number of private sector companies and individuals that are allowed access to motorists' details from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's (DVLA) vehicle database.