Winner: Gary Linton, head of ACPO Criminal Records Office

Both employers and employees are calling for career transition services, such as career guidance, CV or interview advice, to be a compulsory part of all redundancies.

The combination of sunshine and soccer is expected to cost British businesses around 147 million as staff either call in sick or find reasons not to return to the office after lunch.

The Government yesterday announced it would accelerate the increase in the state pension age to 66, but 65% of the public think the Government should scrap default retirement immediately, according to...

Employees over 50 are set to provide the economic backbone of the South East workforce, according to the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA).

Employees are still not planning for the future and are confused by what constitutes 'the right age' to think about retirement, according to the Institute of Employment Studies (IES).

The majority of London employers will not be making any special provisions to allow staff to watch England's World Cup match against Slovenia tomorrow.

Candidates from Australia, New Zealand plus South Africa are making a comeback to the UK job scene, having stayed away or gone home during the credit crunch.

Recruitment remains challenging this year as employers seek to balance the books while successfully resourcing talented employees, according to the CIPD.

The number of job applicants to the financial services sector, who fail to disclose a criminal conviction, has trebled, according to new research.

Nearly three-quarters of employees would give up their free time to undertake work-related training, and more than half would pay for it themselves, according to new research by learning and...

Unemployment has now reached 7.9% (2.47 million) according to latest figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics, and record numbers of Britons are now classed as economically...