Employees on long-term sickness absence are to receive additional support to get them back into work, under a Government-backed scheme.

Members of the European Parliament have voted to ban UK employees from working more than 48 hours per week.

Most employees have moved on from fearing redundancy to seeing it as inevitable, according to the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

Bluecare has launched a graduate training academy, designed to cherry pick and train the rising stars of the next generation of recruitment professionals.

Learndirect has today launched Make It Count Week to help improve the nation’s job prospects.

No sector has been unaffected by unemployment, with the CIPD and KPMG Labour Market Report finding employment intentions depressed in the private, public and voluntary sectors.

HR directors believe the profession is becoming more strategic despite budget cuts.