Between the lines: Struggling companies risk ignoring employment law at their peril

NO-ONE can underestimate the scale and devastating impact that the meltdown in the financial markets and systems has had, and will have, on the UK and world economies. But even if you can understand the financial Armageddon in the world banking and financial systems, you could also easily be forgiven for thinking that it is the only show in town.

I cannot recall a time when one subject (other than war) has dominated the news, and our lives, so completely. And worse, there appears to be no end in sight to the economic uncertainty at every level – global, national and local.

This is despite...