Trade unions have warned local government employers the 0.5% pay deal they are offering staff is 'mean and paltry' but must negotiate an alternative by 1 June to avoid a pay freeze.

High earners and pension scheme members could suffer because of the Budget, due to be announced at the end of the month.

Today marks the 10th anniversary of the introduction of the National Minimum Wage - proving wrong the critics who said it would destroy jobs, but campaigners including the TUC and British Youth...

The war for talent rages on despite the recession as more than two thirds (67%) of employers are planning to award some form of pay rise in 2009.

Thousands of Ministry of Defence (MoD) personnel received the wrong salaries because of a fault with the organisation's Joint Personnel Administration (JPA) programme.

The TUC has called on employers to end low pay for younger workers by paying staff aged between 18 and 22 an adult minimum wage and scrapping the minimum wage exemption for apprentices.

Four out of 10 job-seekers are prepared to drop their salary expectations by 20% in exchange for a new job and 7% would take a job at half the pay level they expect.

Europe's top companies will need to rethink their senior executives' remuneration packages to reflect the new economic reality, according to a report published today.

The Fred 'the shred' pension saga is beginning to resemble a battle of good versus evil, where no stone will be left unturned until the person(s) responsible for authorising the pension has been...

The median basic pay award has fallen to 2.6%, according to the Industrial Relations Service (IRS).

Incisive Media has asked staff to take a week's unpaid leave in order to minimise job losses.

Mothers could be entitled to a dramatic increase in maternity pay under EU proposals, as maternity leave allowance may be tripled.