Employees at airline The Monarch Group have voted to accept a significant decrease in pay so that the company can target the budget travel market.

A Labour government would create 36,000 NHS jobs over the course of the next parliament, Ed Miliband claimed yesterday in his speech at the party's conference in Manchester.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has announced its 250,000 members in England and Wales are to take part in a national strike on 15 October.

Unison's 300,000 members have voted to strike over a continuing pay dispute. It is the first time in more than three decades NHS workers have decided to strike over pay.

Acas has released guidance for employers to support members of staff affected by bereavement.

Unite is opening a ballot on strike action today, following widespread anger over pay in the NHS.

Pay rises are twice as high for employees in the private sector than in the public, according to research by reward specialists XpertHR.

Government reforms to welfare and benefits hit working families harder than those out of work, according to research by TUC.

The government is ignoring the fact that employees on a low income will not earn enough to live comfortably in retirement, according to TUC general-secretary Frances O'Grady.

Bruce Carr, the QC leading the Carr Review into the conduct of unions, has revealed he will not be making any recommendations about changes to the law.

Whistleblowing staff are being failed by their employers and are often treated "shockingly", according to a statement released by the Commons Public Accounts Committee.

Employees from the Passport Office are set to go on strike later today in a dispute over pay and staffing levels.