You must save the UK car industry, Unite tells the PM

Trade Union Unite has called for the Government to put together a package to save Britain's car manufacturing industry and 70,000 jobs.

Too worried to claim compensation for injuries at work

Staff 'stoically avoid' seeking compensation for injuries at work - even for modest amounts of money - for fear they will be made redundant as punishment.

Public-sector staff to join dole queue in New Year

Thousands of public-sector employees will share the fate of redundant private-sector staff in the New Year as part of Government savings.

Is the Government's skills policy becoming redundant?

With official unemployment figures rising dramatically 1.82 million at the last count and thousands of new job losses announced on a near daily basis, many HR departments may be in the unfortunate...

Working time opt-out ban is bad news for profits

The scrapping of the opt-out of the UKs working time directive will negatively impact customer service, according to 65% of employers, although 35% were unaware of the changes when the news broke on...

G4S committed to improve security industry standards

G4S (Group 4 Securicor) has signed an agreement to drive improvements in employment standards across the global security industry.

Britain set to work 48-hour week

The European Parliament has voted to remove the UKs opt-out from the Working Time Regulations, meaning employees will not be allowed to work more than 48 hours per week on average over 12-week...

Claimants told: Work for your money

Work and pensions secretary James Purnell announced virtually everyone who is unemployed will have to do something in return for their benefits money.

Selina Scott settles with Five

Scott has reached a six-figure settlement, estimated by national newspapers at 250,000, from Five after the 57- year-old accused the television channel of age discrimination.

Prepare for the flexible working extension

On 26 August 2008 the Government published further consultation on an extension to the right to request flexible working and now it intends to extend the right to parents with children up to the age...

Downsizing and streamlining - how to get it right

More than 27% of organisations plan to make redundancies in the next three months.The decision to make redundancies is not an easy one. Realism and honesty from leaders will be needed in order to...

Queen's speech: Workers to get time off for training

The Government plans to allow employees the right to request time off work to train.