Prime minister moves to remedy "market failure" of executive pay increasing without business performance improving

The prime minister David Cameron has promised shareholders a “binding vote” on executive pay, as a means of curbing excessive salaries

A non-cash award with a celebration of achievement is an enduring memory

The New Year is traditionally a time where we look back at the past 12 months in the hope of learning lessons for the future.

Fitness scheme for shift workers rolls out Nationwide

A health and fitness initiative for shift workers launched nationwide yesterday, backed by the Mayor of London, Sport England and Addison Lee.

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Staff representation on the remuneration committee? Take a trip to John Lewis...

After graduating as a journalist in the late 1980s, I took a Christmas job at John Lewis in High Wycombe, while seeking my first media role.

Increased rail fares will take 8% of employees' salaries, according to Hay Group research

Increased train fares look set to “swallow up” 8% of workers’ salaries, according to Hay Group’s latest PayNet UK Salary Tracker.

CIPD: employees lose faith that reward reflects how hard they work

Employees have lost faith that pay and reward will accurately reflect how hard they work, as economic realities bite, according to a report from the CIPD.

Women are three times more likely to take stress-related absence than men, says Legal and General

Analysis by insurers Legal & General, using Department for Work and Pensions statistics, has shown that stress-related absences are nearly three times more likely to be taken by women than men.

Breaking news: Simplyhealth acquires Denplan

Healthcare provider, Simplyhealth has acquired provider of dental payment plans and dental employee benefits, Denplan.

Jobseekers warned to 'look beyond basic pay' to combat unemployment

As unemployment levels remain at their highest for a generation, Office Angels has urged jobseekers to look beyond basic salary offered for a role and consider all of the benefits that come with a...

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Employee wellbeing at the Olympic Park is the strategy behind its impressive health and safety

Research by CIPD and others has demonstrated the importance of employee engagement for business performance.

Western Europe has world's best statutory holiday entitlements

Workers in Western European countries, on average, have access to the greatest amount of statutory paid holiday in the world.

HMRC writes to fashion houses, to stop exploitation of interns

Fashion houses have become the latest targets of an HM Revenue & Customs campaign aimed at ending the “exploitation” of interns.