Harrods staff have become the latest group of workers to consider strike action.

Non-executive directors received lower pay rises (15.6%) last year than in previous years. The increase for chairmen was 25%.

Pensions experts have warned employers there are pitfalls in seeking to reduce risk in their pension schemes.

UKValuation has launched online total reward statements to help staff understand their total pay and benefits.

More than half of all professionals in the finance sector do not use their annual leave allowance.

One thousand London Underground maintenance workers are to stage two 72-hour strikes over pay and working conditions while an additional 700 cleaners on the tube are to strike for higher wages.

Up to 100,000 local government staff in Scotland are to strike in protest of below-inflation pay rises.

Workers will turn to alcohol, smoking and comfort eating to deal with the rising stress of their jobs, warns The Stroke Association and Siemens.

More than three million employees do not know their employers already provide them with life insurance.

Chester and District Housing Trust (CDHT) has doubled its fleet and introduced a scheme to identify and manage driving risks.

Migrant workers are most likely to face discrimination at work and female migrant workers are more likely to be paid below the minimum wage, according to TUC.

Software firm Civica is harmonising its employee benefits provision by adding online flexible benefits and decreasing the number of pension schemes it offers from eight to two.