Over half of employees aged between 25 and 44 have cited stress as a motivation to drink.

A third of small and medium-sized business owners and managers are not fully aware that the National Minimum Wage is due to rise in October.

Nearly nine out of 10 (87.5%) employees have no idea how much money they would get from the Government if they were away from work due to long-term illness or injury.

The Government has been urged to provide much more support to help carers to stay in work.

The pay gap between men and women in the marketing industry has increased, with women earning 18% less than men in this sector compared with 10% last year.

UK social care workers in the voluntary sector are paid almost one third of a train driver's salary, less than half of the average nurse's salary and 100 less per week than a road sweeper, according...

Barely a sixth (17%) of final-salary pension schemes are open to new members this year, compared with over a quarter (28%) last year, according to Aon Consulting.

Workers are more likely to take the bus to work rather than drive because of the credit crunch.

Pay rises for skilled, mid-level support and technical staff are highest in the IT sector because of skills shortages.

Young people want a single National Minimum Wage to be a top priority for the Government over the next year.

Over one million working hours are lost every year by business owners and managers running out of time to make travel preparations.

Companies are being urged to vaccinate staff against flu to avoid large-scale sickness absence this winter.