Childcare code of practice to be agreed to ensure consistent, high standards of service

The UK's leading childcare providers are to agree a code of practice that will provide voluntary standards for best practice in the childcare industry.

The Pensions Quality Mark should restore staff confidence in pensions and encourage bigger savings

The Government continues to drive its 2012 Personal Accounts legislation forward, with the aim of auto-enrolling every employee in the country into a workplace pension. In response to this, we are...

Only three FTSE 100 employers disclose they have defined benefit pension schemes new recruits can join

Cadbury, Diageo and Tesco are the only UK FTSE 100 employers that reveal in their financial accounts they still offer defined benefit pension schemes to new joiners.

London bus drivers strip off to strike over pay disparities

London bus drivers are protesting in their underwear today over pay and conditions.

Apprentices' minimum contractual payment to rise by 15 per week

Apprentices have received a pay boost this week, following a Government announcement their minimum contractual payment will rise from 80 to 95 a week.

Sky staff get their just rewards with a two-day festival

Sky is rewarding staff for good performance with a music and entertainment festival.

Truth about public-sector pensions obscured by "dodgy statistics and scaremongering", claims TUC

'Fat cat' pensions in the public sector are a myth, according to the TUC.

More than a tenth of staff are cutting their pension contributions or stopping them altogether

More than one in 10 employees (16%) have reduced the amount they contribute to their defined- contribution pension scheme or stopped saving altogether.

NSPCC closes final salary pension scheme for all staff

The National Society for the Provention of Cruelty to Children is to close its final-salary pension scheme.

If in doubt it is safer to consult employees before suspending pensions contributions

Earlier this month, American Express announced it was to 'temporarily halt' its pension contributions for 18 months, but considering the impact of this decision and the moves by other global companies...

Pay freezes make up a third of settlements, says Incomes Data Services

Although more than a third (37%) of firms are implementing pay freezes, a sixth of these are continuing to pay bonuses to staff.

British Chambers of Commerce to host swine flu interactive web seminar

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is to hold a live, interactive web seminar tomorrow to advise employers how to deal with the swine flu pandemic.