Thousands of people have been subjected to illegal background checks when they applied for jobs that did not require vetting, according to a report on the Criminal Records Bureau
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Employer not liable if employees ignore their health and safety training, appeal court rules
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Conservative leader calls for a modern vision of ethical work, where well-being is as important as making money
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HR consultancy Watson Wyatt is advising HR professionals to think creatively about how the regulations will affect healthcare benefits
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Tesco tops other retail staff scheme by giving free shares to 180,000 staff.
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Efforts by opposition MPs to save the Home Computing Initiative have failed
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Pension Commission proposals rejected by most firms, according to survey.
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Number of unemployed continues to creep towards one million mark.
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Sainsbury's is making a series of changes to its occupational pension scheme as it attempts to cut its liabilities.
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High street health and beauty retailer Boots is finalising plans to "insource" 100 IT jobs after renegotiating a £710m technology outsourcing contract with IBM signed in 2002.
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Union angered by proposed directors bonuses that come weeks after redundancy announcements
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Margaret Hodge, Ian McCartney and Jim Fitzpatrick join the DTI as junior ministers
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Nine months before London stages the Olympic Games it will also host the international skills olympics
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Poor management is rife in the UK workplace, with more than nine in 10 employees reporting that they have worked for a bad manager, research reveals
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Communications firm NTL has confirmed that it will outsource or axe 6,000 jobs by the end of 2007 as it completes the integration of rival company Telewest