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Big brother-style monitoring of staff was the biggest complaint against call centre operators by employees during the two-week operation of the TUC’s complaints hotline. Fifty-three per cent of the call …

Almost 70 per cent of people have been made redundant or know someone personally who has, a study reveals. The report by career consultancy Penna Sanders & Sidney concludes that …

Employers are increasingly likely to carry out surveillance on the activities of their staff, a survey has revealed. More than 80 per cent of firms taking part in the survey …

Safeway has opened a training school dedicated to improving staff development and customer service. The supermarket giant has prioritised training as a key factor in its bid to compete with …

Nearly 70 per cent of last year’s UK-based graduates are in full-time employment according to a report. The report, by the Higher Education Funding Council, claims that only 6 per …

A telecommunications company has agreed to pay £50,000 to the parents of one of its employees who died two years ago. An employment tribunal decided last week that Simon Haddon, …

Up to 150,000 jobs in the UK’s manufacturing sector could be lost over the next two years as the economic slowdown in America makes an impact across the Atlantic according …

Acas has appointed its first full-time chief executive. John Taylor was the chief executive of the Training and Skills Enterprise Council for South East Wales, and a former Acas employee …

Pay deals are running above the rate of inflation, according to research by Incomes Data Services. It shows that pay deals are currently between 3 per cent and 4 per …

Members of two of the largest unions in the UK have voted in favour of merger. The merger of the AEEU and MSF will create the second largest union in …

As many as 20,000 City of London jobs will have been lost by next year because of falling stock markets a report has warned. The report by the Centre for …

Employers will have to pay £12 to check if a potential employee is listed in the new Criminal Records Bureau, the Home Office announced yesterday. Organisations will be able to …

The chair of Opportunity Now has been made a fair pay champion to tackle the 18 per cent gender pay gap. Clara Freeman has been appointed by employment minister Tessa …

Employment experts have warned the long-awaited Acas arbitration scheme unveiled last week will do little to cut the number of unfair dismissal cases going to tribunal. The scheme is central …

One quarter of young European workers would rather work for themselves than for an employer, according to a report by the Swedish Employers’ Organisation. The report, called Young Entrepreneurs, Europe’s …