George Osborne cautions against 'self defeating' minimum wage rise

Chancellor George Osborne has warned against a 'self-defeatist' rise in the National Minimum Wage if it comes at the expense of jobs.

Counter-offers: Why money isn't always the best policy

"Show me the money" was a phrase that worked for Tom Cruise in the film Jerry McGuire but in today's more buoyant jobs market, counter-offers of money alone aren't always the answer to retaining...

FTSE 100 bosses already earned average workers' yearly pay

Britain's top bosses have already earned more money in 2014 than the average UK worker will take home this year, according to the thinktank High Pay Centre.

Employers urged to offer better bereavement support

British workers who have suffered a bereavement are not being offered enough support at work, a report by the National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC) has found.

Reward or lose them: where’s the smart money in 2014?

Well, for forward-thinking organisations it will be a year to be bold and make a play. With a stagnant economy, the past few years have seen little movement on pay and reward with token, below...

Clegg wants to scrap Shares for Rights scheme

Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has urged the Government to give millions of workers a tax cut of £140 a year by cutting one of its "pet projects", the controversial Shares for Rights scheme.

How to manage recurring sickness absence

The annual cost of sickness absence has climbed to almost £29 billion for UK organisations, according to a study published recently by the CIPD. Vocational rehabilitation consultant Katya Halsall...

Pay workers more as economy improves, says CBI chief

CBI director general John Cridland (pictured) has called on employers to start paying workers more and said the large number of people on minimum wage jobs represents a "serious challenge" to...

TUC's day off with Nan and Pop? Now that's daft

The TUC wants grandparents to be given rights to secure time off for looking after their grandchildren. As someone newly acquainted with grand parentage, I was intrigued by the claim, albeit I regard...

Cable rules out zero-hours ban

Business secretary Vince Cable has ruled out banning zero-hours contracts, but has launched a consultation on whether there should be a ban on exclusivity clauses.

FTSE 100 firms curb executives' pay and bonuses

Bonus payouts for the UK's top executives dropped in the past year as companies continued to show financial restraint.

MPs slam 'dysfunctional' BBC over executives pay

A culture of "cronyism" and "failure" at the highest levels of the BBC, led to executives receiving larger pay-offs than they deserved, a committee of senior MPs has said.