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.

Interest in electric vehicles is slowly increasing. Could 2014 be the year fleets go electric or will it all short-circuit?

It’s been interesting reading about the fears of some employers in the face of the extension of the right to request flexible working beyond the previous categories of parents and carers.

Female managers earn on average 34% less than their male counterparts by the time they reach 46, according to research by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

The Liberal Democrats propose to raise the tax-free allowance to £12,500 in the next Parliament, according to an announcement by chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander.

Around two-thirds (62%) of employers plan to offer additional savings advice to retirees as they do not believe the government's guaranteed guidance will provide sufficient support.

The total cost of redundancy payouts for UK companies has fallen for the first time since the recession, according to a report by commercial law firm EMW and HMRC.

Two in five (41%) UK managers did not take their full annual leave allowance in 2013, according to research by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM).

A failure to bring workplace productivity back to pre-recession levels is causing slower growth in average salaries, according to a report by the CIPD.

The Government paid external consultants £317 million in 2013, with more than 30 earning upwards of £1,000 per day, according to figures revealed by BBC's Newsnight.

Increasing demand and a lack of domestic candidates will see skilled workers come from all over Europe to work in the UK, according to KPMG partner and head of business services Bernard Brown.