Research has revealed a third fewer sick days could be saved if bosses played music in the workplace.

Almost nine out of 10 employers (88%) think the threat of a swine flu pandemic is a high priority but 12% do not yet have a plan in place to deal with an outbreak in their organisation.

More than half of UK employees are working unpaid overtime and, of these, one in five is putting in 25 additional hours a week without pay.

Almost a third of jobseekers (32%) do not think a trade union can protect workers from job losses or pay cuts.

Unemployment has reached 2.26 million - the highest since 1997, but it is far less than forecasters had been predicting.

The Metropolitan Police Service and organisations from the screening and vetting industry are to launch a cross-sector forum to share information and advice and improve awareness of the role of...

Holiday trading has shot up by 21% in the past year, as cash-starved staff look to boost their salaries.

The best companies for customer service are 18 times more likely to increase customer satisfaction and 45% more likely to increase customer retention, according to research into 150 companies by...

'Talent' may be HR's buzz word du jour but a poll conducted for Human Resources finds that only 9% of workers think their business uses this word to describe its people.

Local government workers must be prepared for 0% pay rises, the new president of the Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA) tells HR.

Public-sector CEOs' reward packages are still only half that of their private-sector counterparts, according to research by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC).

Financial know-how and creativity are the dominant characteristics of the HR practitioners and thinkers who just failed to make it into this year's Most Influential ranking. Among those 'bubbling...