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One year on: Lord Davies reports largest ever annual increase of women on boards

Lord Davies of Abersoch will today publish the first annual progress report on his review of Women on Boards.

UK employment outlook 'turning a corner' according to Manpower

The UK’s employment outlook has ‘turned a corner’ and is heading in the right direction, according to Manpower, the recruitment firm.

Growing numbers of staff seek temporary roles due to sluggish economy, finds Randstad

Growing numbers of employees want to be a temporary or contract worker to have greater control over their career in the sluggish economy, according to a report from recruitment firm Randstad.

Equality in the banking sector: ILM report highlights the hurdles to women reaching senior roles

Nearly half of women working in the banking industry believe they face career barriers because of their gender, and a third (36%) of men agree, according to a report published this morning by the...

Employers will increasingly need to find older workers to fill job vacancies, finds CIPD/Scottish Centre for Healthy Lives

Older workers are needed to help the UK remedy the challenges of a future employment gap, according to the CIPD.

Mental health benefit claimant numbers increase by 29% since May 2010, according to Legal & General

Analysis published this morning by Legal & General, using Department of Work and Pensions statistics, has shown more than 260,000 people are claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) because of...

ESOP Centre backs Liberal Democrat calls for a minister dedicated to employee share ownership

The ESOP Centre gave its support to calls for a dedicated minister for employee share ownership.

UK companies set to increase salaries marginally above inflation, predicts Towers Watson

UK companies will increase salaries at a rate marginally above inflation in 2012, a new survey by Towers Watson Data Services has found.

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Employers struggle to manage absence among older staff, finds GRiD

Employers remain “broadly positive” to last year’s removal of the Default Retirement Age (DRA) according to research from Group Risk Development (GRiD), the trade body for the group risk industry.

Smokers are puffing away productivity, finds study of 500

Smokers working in UK offices waste up to five weeks per year taking cigarette breaks, according to a study of more than 500 staff.

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Industry experts claim NEST and the Government are ‘geared up’ to get employees involved in retirement saving

An international line-up of academics, policymakers, advisers and opinion-formers gathered yesterday at the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) Forum 2012 in London, to debate the issues...

Social media is ‘endemic’ in the workplace, finds Croner/YouGov

More than a tenth (15%) of UK adult workers surveyed by YouGov online for Croner, use social media at least once per hour during the working day but more than a quarter of workers surveyed (28%) say...