Eight in 10 (84%) employers believe their staff may be at risk from pensions scams when April’s pensions freedoms come into effect, according to research by Jelf Employee Benefits.

There is a growing “sense of urgency” around developing people for leadership positions earlier than in the past, according to Harvard Business Publishing senior director, global sales Nick Clayton.

Almost 700,000 people are on zero-hours contracts in the UK, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), with analysts predicting that the controversial contracts are “here to...

Mandatory quotas for women on boards do not lead to long-term culture change, according to Newton Investment Management CEO Helena Morrissey.

More than a quarter (28%) of businesses do not monitor the gender profile of their workforce, according to research from the CIPD.

UK workers are “overly optimistic” about their personal health, despite the fact that many are at high risk from health conditions, according to research from Britain’s Healthiest Companies and the...

Three-quarters of employers (75%) take on agency workers to gain “short-term access to key strategic skills”, according to the latest Jobs Outlook survey by the Recruitment and Employment...

The Low Pay Commission (LPC) has recommended to ministers that the minimum wage should increase by 3% to £6.70 an hour.

One in three (35%) women working in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) jobs have said they have considered leaving the sector, with 51% blaming barriers to career progression.

British employees are less likely than their global peers to rank pay as their top priority when looking for a job, according to research from member-based advisory company CEB.

Employees over 50 are less likely to be offered learning and development opportunities than their younger colleagues, research by AXA PPP has found.

Updated EU data protection regulation may cause trouble for businesses collecting and mining employee data, law firm Allen & Overy has warned.