Age Concern has reacted to the advocate generals recommendation that UK employers should be allowed to compel staff to retire at 65, by saying it was a setback but not a disaster.

Almost one in three (31%) employees are routinely defrauding their employers and topping up their monthly pay, either by adding extra to their taxi bills or claiming for taxi journeys that are not...

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Last month, a survey by three industry trade bodies found that one in eight hospitality employees have already been made redundant. In the same week, Whitbread warned that 6,000 jobs are at risk,...