The TUC has called for the National Minimum Wage (NMW) to be increased from 5.73 per hour to 6.10 by October 2009.
Law firm Beachcroft has relaunched its pension scheme to over 1,400 employees.
TUC general secretary Brendan Barber has affirmed the TUCs stance that personal accounts will form an essential part of the pensions settlement and auto-enrolment cannot take place without them.
David Blunkett has called for a portable third sector pension scheme for employees as they move jobs from charity to charity.
A massive 91% of parents are prevented from returning to work by parenting costs, while 84% believe two weeks statutory paternity leave is too short.
UK advertised salaries have dropped by 9,500 since October.
Only one in 10 employers believe personal accounts will come into effect as planned in 2012.
Lloyds TSB is launching an online advent calendar for December to encourage staff to take up voluntary benefits.
The shadow minister for families reaffirms her party's line on flexibly working.
With costs rising dramatically, there are fears that private health cover will go the same way as final-salary pension schemes. Andrew Donaghue reports.
Even in a downturn the company car is too big a recruitment and retention tool to be scrapped.Nick Golding reports on alternative ways of reducing mileage and cutting costs.
Electronic communication about benefits can leave staff cold. By using a more human approach, market insights firm IRI has vastly improved take-up of its perks package.
