An NHS foundation trust has achieved a 50:50 gender split at board level, while the private sector is still 6% off reaching its target of 25% of women on company listed boards by 2015.

The TUC has called for workers to sit on company boards, saying they would help to ensure "reasonable" levels of executive pay.

About half of the 1,350-strong workforce at the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland have rejected proposed changes to contracts by the plant's owner, Ineos.

Employees who save for the pension at the minimum auto-enrolment rate will be short of money in retirement, according to the Pensions Policy Institute (PPI).

UK finance directors (FDs) are stepping outside their role of finance and increasingly influencing key business decisions across the whole organisation, a report from recruitment firm Hays has found.

UK employers are planning to maintain an average 3% salary increase in 2014 for the third year running, according to a report from professional services firm Towers Watson.

Job satisfaction is the main factor in keeping employees motivated, with only 13% saying they are motivated by a bonus, a survey by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) has found.

Employees at Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland have until 6pm tonight to agree to a strike deal or face plant closure.

The next year will be a critical turning point for the pensions industry, if it can rise to the challenge and avoid scandals, pensions minister Steve Webb (pictured) said yesterday.

NAPF chief executive Joanne Segars has praised the start of auto-enrolment but admitted the "real challenge is still to come".

One in five people with cancer feel their employer could do more to understand their needs and circumstances, according to a report published by Maggie's Cancer Caring Centre and insurer Unum.

The pensions industry must do more to build public trust, new NAPF chairman, Ruston Smith (pictured) has said.