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Comprehensive Spending Review: state pension age to rise to 66 by 2020

The state pension age for both men and women is to rise to 66 by 2020, six years earlier than previously announced, the chancellor of the Exchequer has revealed.

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Who are the Top Employers for Working Families?

Thirty UK organisations have today achieved a place on the Top Employers for Working Families A-Z list and a further 12 have won a Top Employers for Working Families 2010 award, with Centrica,...

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Comprehensive Spending Review: Public sector managers are not prepared to deal with imminent cuts

With the Chancellor of the Exchequer due to announce his comprehensive spending review later today, and leaks already suggesting 500,000 jobs could be lost, half of public sector managers believe they...

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Sainsbury's prepares unemployed to find work through its suppliers

Sainsbury's has announced 104 people have gained work through its supplier trainee partnerships programme since its launch in May.

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Watching the Apprentice boosts employee job satisfaction

Employees would rather not work with contestants who have appeared on The Apprentice - but the show works to make them more engaged in their own jobs.

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Comprehensive Spending Review: 490,000 public-sector jobs likely to go

The chancellor has confirmed 490,000 public-sector jobs will be lost over the next four years.

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Government will not review Agency Workers Directive

The Government has announced it will not review the Agency Workers Directive (AWD) due to come into effect in October 2011.

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Flu costs the British economy 1.35 billion

The flu will cost UK employers 7.6 million working days this year, according to experts.

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Private sector unlikely to suffer a strike-fuelled winter of discontent

A widespread extension of industrial action across the private sector in response to the Government's Comprehensive Spending Review is unlikely to materialise, claim legal experts.

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Flexible working comes before high pay for majority of workers around the world

Three of five workers around the world believe that they do not need to be in the office anymore to be productive.

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PPMA responds to private-sector criticism of public-sector strike action

Public sector HR directors have responded to news that private- sector staff have no sympathy for public-sector strikes by saying public-sector unrest should be understandable, given the current...

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New Graduate Opportunities service launched to help students improve their employability

Tribal has launched a package of technology and services to help universities deliver the new Higher Education Achievement Report (HEAR) and improve their students' employability.

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