Three quarters of European employees would take a pay cut in order to have a flexible working arrangement.

Ten senior BBC executives have had their bonuses suspended indefinately.

British Airways pilots have agreed a 2.6% pay cut.

The proportion of pay freezes is stabilising, according to reports from IDS Pay Databank.

Employers could face higher cost on insurance and risk benefits as premium rates are predicted to increase.

Almost half of all employers (46%) think HMRC should simplify salary-sacrifice rules as they prevent a wider take-up of employee benefits.

Almost nine out of 10 employers (89%) think their number one pensions priority will be to reduce costs.

Azzurri Communications has implemented an online flexible benefits scheme for its 700 employees.

Almost a quarter of company directors (23%) would not include any form of employee reward package, if they could redefine their benefits provision.

Benfield Motor Group has wheeled in a new employee benefits package for its 1,000 UK employees.

Conservative leader David Cameron is not in support of a pay freeze in the public sector.

More than 2,000 British Airways staff have rejected proposals from the employer to cut 3,500 jobs and impose a pay freeze to save costs.