Disability and poor health are preventing nearly half a million people approaching retirement from working, a figure that will only increase as the state pension age (SPA) starts to rise, according to...
The minister for disabled people Maria Miller (pictured) has launched a business guide aimed at making more firms aware of the £80 billion potential spending power of disabled people and encourages...
Heinz has appointed Anne Sewell as HR director for the UK and Ireland
Wasabi the sushi retailer has, for the first time, introduced a pension and benefits package to its UK employees.
IBM has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Kenexa a provider of recruiting and talent management consultancy for $46.00 per share in cash in a transaction valued at approximately $1.3...
Growth should return to the UK economy towards the end of the year, and pick up a little pace during 2013, but unemployment looks set to peak at 2.7 million next year, according to the CBI’s quarterly...
A third (31%) of companies plan to increase their spending on HR technology in the coming year, in an attempt to continue growth and improve efficiency in the face of a challenging economic...
In April to June 2012 there were 3.7 million UK households with at least one member aged 16 to 64 where no-one was working, figures from ONS have shown.
Apprentice training organisations have welcomed the recognition from a Government review that apprenticeships are as important for upskilling the adult workforce as they are for creating new jobs for...
The Government will increase awareness among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of the benefits of apprenticeships, and make support for small businesses taking on apprentices simpler and more...
The Olympic and Paralympic Games contract loss for G4S, when it failed to recruit enough security staff for the Games, has resulted in a £50 million loss for the organisation, its results for the...
The majority of hourly workers around the world, including 63% in the UK, believe their employer has violated laws or rules governing overtime in their region according to A global survey commissioned...
