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Simplify investment and pension options to engage employees, says Aon Hewitt

Employers are offering staff too many pension investment options, causing confusion and causing employees to make the wrong choices, research finds.

Flexible benefits, not growth, are main business concern, finds Thomsons research

Employers are putting growth plans on the back-burner, focusing on organisational change and re-structuring their employee benefits schemes, according to the 8th Employee Rewards Watch Report from...

Private-public gap widens, but employer demand is up, finds Reed

Job opportunities across the country slipped back last month, down 2% in March compared to February, but year on year employer demand is up 25%, according to findings from the Reed Job Index,...

White male graduates from older universities profit more from business degrees, finds research

The careers of women and people from ethnic minorities who have taken business studies degrees lag behind those of their white male equivalents, research reveals.

Stone age attitudes to gender prevail in IT, says survey

Gender discrimination is rife in the IT and telecommunications industries, research reveals.

UK workers not out to lunch enough, says Bupa

UK companies are losing close to £50 million a day in lost productivity, as workers fail to take a lunch break, says Bupa.

Most UK companies continue restrict internet access

Nearly three-quarters of UK workplaces restrict their employees’ access to the internet, according to a recent survey by office design company Maris Interiors.

Public sector feels undervalued and misunderstood, says survey

More than half of employees in the public sector are prepared to take action over recent Government cuts, research reveals.

Bullying causes ripples across business: How to deal with the problem

Bullying in the workplace not only affects staff, it can also affect organisations – both large and small – in their ability to operate.

UK Plc not prepared for the unexpected, says CMI

Nearly two-thirds (62%) of managers report that cyber security threats are increasingly posing a serious risk to their business, with nearly a third of UK organisations (32%) having come under a cyber...

Private sector’s garden is rosy, survey finds

Research featuring the views of 185,000 private sector employees reveals a spring in the step, as over 63% of survey respondents claim morale is now high at their company, compared to less than half...

Public sector HR under-resourced and demoralised, poll finds

Cuts in the public sector have left HR departments under-resourced, resulting in poor staff morale, according to a recent poll of 1,000 public sector staff.