Cushman & Wakefield (C&W), the world’s largest privately-held commercial real estate services firm, has hired Kirsty Peacock (pictured) as its UK HR director.

Sick days are costing UK employers about £29 billion a year as British workers take up to four times as many days off than rival economies, according to research from accountancy firm PwC.

Prince Charles has urged businesses to join a programme that places senior managers in organisations into some of the most deprived parts of the UK.

The Pensions Policy Institute (PPI) has called for a flat rate of tax relief on pension savings to encourage low and middle earners.

Leanne Wood has been named the new HR director of drinks manufacturer Diageo.

Autoglass has appointed Niki Coppard as HR director. She will be responsible for leading people activity at the windscreen repair company, which has more than 100 branches and 1,100 mobile technicians...

About 2,000 UK graduates are working in unpaid internships six months after leaving university, according to a report from the Higher Education Careers Services Unit (HECSU).

An increasing number of managers plan to work while they're on holiday this summer due to stress and a mounting workload, a report by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) has found.

A number of concerns about the way the workplace pensions market operates have been identified by watchdog the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).

BBC HR director Lucy Adams came under fire from MPs yesterday over how BBC senior staff were given large pay-outs that often breached the corporations own guidelines.

There has been a 4% decrease in the number of graduate vacancies compared to the same time last year, according to research by the Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR).

More than half of employers agree weaknesses in leadership and management in the UK are holding back company growth, according to research by Cranfield School of Management and learndirect.