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Employers can claim up to £2,275 from Government for recruiting a young disabled person, from this week

Young disabled people are set to benefit from a new wage incentive, launched by the minister for Disabled People, Maria Miller (pictured).

Business leaders risk staff engagement through inability to communicate with employees, finds People 1st/ICM

Business leaders face competing priorities in a tough economic climate but must make the most of communication tools if they want to maintain a productive workforce, a survey from People 1st Training...

GDP decrease suggests unemployment will rise again, claims The Work Foundation

The chained volume measure of GDP decreased by 0.7% in Q2 2012 compared with Q1 2012, the ONS has revealed.

International investment in the UK created 112,000 jobs over the past year, says BIS

Strong inward investment into the UK economy created or secured more than 112,000 jobs in 2011/12, a rise of 19% on the preceding year, according to the Department for Business Innovation and Skills...

It's official: work makes people happy, says ONS

The UK’s first national subjective wellbeing report published this week highlights the positive effect of having a job on people’s ‘happiness’.

Number of female FTSE 100 board members increases by 4% since 2011

The number of women in the boardrooms of the UK’s top companies has increased in the past year, business secretary Vince Cable has said.

Kay Review puts spotlight on business short-termism and pay excesses

Restoring relationships built on long-term trust and confidence and realigning incentives across the investment chain should be the basis of a much-needed shift in the culture of the UK’s equity...

Olympics does little to reverse low workforce morale, reveals Lane4

A barometer released this morning reveals the detrimental impact the ongoing uncertainty in the economic climate is having on the UK workforce, as more than half (52%) of respondents say they have not...

Staff are on board with companies' agendas to overcome challenging economy, finds CBI/Harvey Nash report

Companies are working together with their staff to overcome challenging economic conditions, a survey by the CBI and recruitment specialists Harvey Nash has revealed.

Olympic sick note culture threatens to 'engulf UK businesses', according to Badenoch & Clark

A sick note culture could be set to “engulf UK businesses” during the Olympics, according to a study from recruitment consultancy, Badenoch & Clark.

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Private sector employers remain slow to put flexible working contingencies in place for Olympic Games, Citrix reports

At the weekend, civil servants in Whitehall began a programme of flexible working that could last for up to seven weeks in order to avoid travel disruption and crowds during the Olympic and Paralympic...

More than half of employees prepared to take confidential business information when they change jobs, says Iron Mountain

One in three employees have taken or forwarded confidential information out of the office on more than one occasion, according to a survey commissioned by information management company, Iron...