Around 3,000 staff who were made redundant from just under 200 Woolworths stores across the country will not receive a share of the payout of up to £67.8 million awarded to other employees due to the small size of the workforce in the […]
Changes to health and safety regulations on reporting accidents may relieve the burden on employers by cutting the amount of incidents that firms have to report to authorities, a legal expert has said. This week, the […]
Public listed companies should have to outline their policy on their staff's alcohol use as an explicit requirement, according to Alcohol Concern. The charity has today written to business secretary Vince Cable to call for […]
The majority of employers would like to see tax breaks introduced in order to encourage firms to invest in private medical insurance, new research argues. More than […]
Nearly two-fifths (38%) of employers believe that there are too few graduates to fill entry-level vacancies, despite high youth unemployment rates, new research has found. Figures from the Office for National Statistics sh […]
Motorists suffering from a heavy cold or flu risk a major loss of concentration when behind the wheel, putting themselves and other road users at risk, new research has suggested. A poll by insurance company […]
Organisations that use employee referral schemes fill one-eighth (13%) of their vacancies through this method, new research has found. XpertHR's survey on employee referral schemes found that 69% of employers used staff ref […]
Cancer patients are less active after treatment, despite such physical activity bringing with it significant health and recovery benefits. One patient in three admitted to being […]
In a typical week, workers spend on average five hours and 41 minutes a day sitting at their desks and seven hours sleeping each night, according to the latest research on sedentary working lifestyles. The research, l […]