Economics, government & business

Unions have reacted with fury at chancellor Gordon Brown’s decision to award below-inflation pay rises to nurses and other public...

Members of the Armed Forces will get the highest pay rise in public sector, the government has announced.  Defence secretary...

Dawn Atkinson has been appointed in a new role as England’s nursing officer for diversity. A nurse for 22 years, she will...

More than 80,000 members of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) who work for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) are banning...

David Fairhurst, vice-president of people at McDonald’s, has been appointed vice-chairman of People 1st, the sector skills council for the hospitality, leisure,...

Aeroplane manufacturer Airbus is cutting 10,000 jobs across Europe over the next four years. About 1,600 jobs will go in...

Retailer Peacocks is planning to open 30 new stores and create 500 jobs across the UK as part of a £21.5m expansion. The...

The first in a series of events that aims to develop a framework for employers to ensure their workplaces are healthy...

Water companies are working with schoolchildren, the Armed Forces, ex-offenders and Eastern Europeans in a bid to ease a recruitment...

It is not enough to speak, but to speak true… The government’s target-driven political agenda and cost cutting have created...

The Cabinet Office has admitted improvements are needed in Whitehall leadership and HR following disappointing results in a biennial survey...

Fewer than one in 10 HR professionals believe the public sector has the right image to attract employees, according to...

A culture of apathy will doom the UK as the country's young talent yearns for TV celebrity rather than professional excellence

A new radio campaign is urging workers, who suspect their employer isn’t paying tax and national insurance, to ring the...

Union officials have threatened strike action ahead of Thurdsay’s showdown meeting with the Cabinet Office as they ramp up their...