Economics, government & business

The European Commission (EC) has launched a Green Paper on modernising labour law and adaptation to the modern world of...

University training coup
Universities are set to play a much bigger role in professional education and staff training, according to a...

The Public Sector People Managers’ Association (PPMA) has warned the government that the adoption of unitary status by councils could...

About 1,500 members of the RMT union working for train operator GNER are to be balloted for strike action in...

Firms are less optimistic about their prospects than they were six months ago as rising costs significantly squeeze their profit...

The Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G) is to hold talks with the management of troubled UK car manufacturer TVR...

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has warned that public service reform outlined in the Queen’s speech  must not...

The government outlined its plans for educational reform and tougher immigration controls yesterday at the state opening of Parliament. In...

Manufacturing employment rates have reached their lowest levels since 1841, new figures have revealed.
The November Labour Market report from the...

UK unemployment is at its highest level in seven years, reaching 1.71 million in the three months to September, official figures ...

Manufacturers have warned the government against imposing further tax increases in the chancellor’s next pre-budget report.
Manufacturing organisations will have...

UK workers are the most pessimistic in the world about their job security, a major global study published today (Tuesday) ...

With too many graduates and not enough managers, China's employment market faces a crisis. Virginia Matthews reports.

The UK workforce is a nation of ‘job flirts,’ motivated and content, but always on the look-out for the next...

Hundreds of thousands of older jobseekers would save for an occupational pension if they could find a job, according to...