Skills minister John Hayes (pictured) has appointed entrepreneur and jeweller Jason Holt to head-up an employer-led review examining what more can be done to help SMEs take on apprentices.
The Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has found almost three quarters of employers have not started communicating to employees about automatic enrolment, which starts to roll in from...
One in seven employers in the voluntary sector are still ‘completely in the dark’ when it comes to auto-enrolment and their responsibilities towards employees, according to The Pensions Trust.
Premier League football team Fulham is aiming to graduate off the field after signing up frontline staff for a university course.
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF), CBI and TUC have written to the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso warning against the introduction of an EU Pensions...
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is working with online recruiter Monster to provide a managed online vacancy taking, filling and automated job matching service.
With over 22% of 16-24 year olds out of work, graduates will need to build resilience and get out of their comfort zones if they are going to realise their potential, according to the findings of a...
A Labour MP has used the Ten Minute Rule to introduce a bill to prevent employers “exploiting legal loopholes to avoid punishment for ignoring health and safety laws.”
More than half of UK small businesses say IT is an integral part of their drive for business growth, increased innovation and productivity according to research released today from the Epson Business...
The Government looks set to debate pensions tax relief ahead of next month’s Budget statement, with senior Liberal Democrats committed to restrict or scrap the higher rate of pensions tax relief.
A new international study of employee engagement in multinational enterprises (MNE’s) has identified four different domains of engagement and the factors which drive them.
Oracle has entered into an agreement to acquire Taleo Corporation a provider of cloud-based talent management for $46.00 per share or approximately $1.9 billion, net of Taleo's cash and debt.
