The introduction of Fit Notes was designed to end long-term sickness absence, but a new study has revealed time off has doubled.
Increased train fares look set to “swallow up” 8% of workers’ salaries, according to Hay Group’s latest PayNet UK Salary Tracker.
The CIPD has forecast the number of people in work in the UK will fall by 120,000 in 2012 despite a continued ‘productivity pause’ and further real pay squeeze, with unemployment rising to 2.85...
Job opportunities were 17% higher in December compared to the same time in 2010 and more than a fifth higher than two years ago, according to the Reed Job Index analysis of job vacancy trends from...
Employees have lost faith that pay and reward will accurately reflect how hard they work, as economic realities bite, according to a report from the CIPD.
Analysis by insurers Legal & General, using Department for Work and Pensions statistics, has shown that stress-related absences are nearly three times more likely to be taken by women than men.
Hotel chain Travelodge is to recruit 120 apprentices to join its Junior Management Programme (JuMP) in 2012.
Demand for temporary staff over the past month has remained stable and is up on the same time last year, despite new regulations on agency work coming into force in October, according to data...
The British Chambers of Commerce has attacked the Government’s red tape challenge and ‘one in one out’ policies for employment law, saying the burden or regulation on UK business remains too high.
Healthcare provider, Simplyhealth has acquired provider of dental payment plans and dental employee benefits, Denplan.
Nine out of 10 HR staff believe their work is key to the overall success of their employer, according to a survey of 2,200 office workers by recruiter Robert Walters.
Employer contributions for teachers’ pensions will remain the same this year, but next year staff will have to contribute more, says Department for Education.
