New guidance aimed at helping managers support people returning to work after long-term sickness can play a key role in preventing workers with health problems fall out of employment, according to the...

Local government is substantially lagging behind the private sector in how efficiently its staff are utilised, indicating the potential for big cost savings without frontline services needing to be...

Most UK employees would rather suffer in silence with a health concern or personal issue than tell their boss or colleagues, according to new research from Aviva UK Health.

The state of trust between managers and employees has been eroded by the recession, research shows.

UK online search volumes for London-based jobs rose 10%, from 550,000 in March to 673,000 in June.

Heavy workloads and tight budgets mean that most of us in HR are mole-like: we knuckle down and get things done. Recent surveys of HR practitioners' top concerns spring no surprises: leadership...

Men are four times more likely than women to phone in sick due to work-related stress

The Queen Vic pub in Eastenders has been voted the fictional workplace most UK employees would like a job.

While employers' business confidence has stabilised, it has not yet converted into short-term hiring intentions, according to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC).

Employees are seeing the use of Facebook permeate their working lives with more than a third having been sent a friendship request on Facebook by a colleague, client or boss, according to The...

A fall in unemployment of 49,000 was driven by a large decline of 70,000 in the level of male unemployment, while female unemployment grew by 21,000, according to the Office of National Statistics.

Small businesses are expecting their businesses to grow over the next six months and are poised to recruit - but not from the graduate pool.