Tesco's Lifestyle Breaks give employees the chance to spend time with their children, renovate their house, go travelling, have plastic surgery - whatever takes their fancy.

Health cash plan providers are improving their offerings and stepping up their campaign to make employers and employees aware of the advantages of this form of cover.

Carbon offsetting has become such a fad that it makes it difficult for HR professionals to take it seriously. But it has its place, says Beck Dawson, as part of long-term environmental strategy.

Employees attending team-building cookery classes find bonding over the bolognaise comes naturally.

The TUC has named tomorrow (Friday 22) as Work Your Proper Hours Day as evidence emerges that some UK employees are losing thousands of pounds a year in unpaid overtime.

The Energy Savings Trust (EST) is launching a 250,000 campaign to make companies more aware of the environmental impact their fleets have.

ACAS will receive up to an extra 37 million of funding from government in an effort to simplify the dispute resolution system, minister for employment relations Pat McFadden has announced.

MPs have today accepted a below-inflation pay increase of 1.9%.

HR professionals salaries are exceeding 140,000, according to a new FSS salary survey.

UK workers are taking to their sick beds in record numbers this week as this winters Norovirus bug takes hold.

The estimated cost of drug and alcohol abuse to British industry is about 3 billion a year. How should HR be tackling the problem? Suzy Bashford reports.

Concentration on the job is being undermined by technology designed to improve efficiency.