Almost 700,000 people are on zero-hours contracts in the UK, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with analysts predicting that the controversial contracts are “here to...
UK workers are “overly optimistic” about their personal health, despite the fact that many are at high risk from health conditions, according to research from Britain’s Healthiest Companies and the...
Three-quarters of employers (75%) take on agency workers to gain “short-term access to key strategic skills”, according to the latest Jobs Outlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment...
More than a quarter (28%) of businesses do not monitor the gender profile of their workforce, according to research from the CIPD.
One in three (35%) women working in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) jobs have said they have considered leaving the sector, with 51% blaming barriers to career progression.
The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has recommended to ministers that the minimum wage should increase by 3% to £6.70 an hour.
Employees over 50 are less likely to be offered learning and development opportunities than their younger colleagues, research by AXA PPP has found.
British employees are less likely than their global peers to rank pay as their top priority when looking for a job, according to research from member-based advisory company CEB.
Updated EU data protection regulation may cause trouble for businesses collecting and mining employee data, law firm Allen & Overy has warned.
Over a fifth (21%) of people planning to retire are not ready to give up working entirely, according to a survey by Prudential.
Unemployment has fallen by 97,000 according to the latest ONS statistics, but experts have warned against "premature" celebrations as youth unemployment remains high.
The rising costs of childcare have left families with the reality that it “simply does not pay to work”, according to the Family and Childcare Trust.
