Employees would be willing to pay up to three times as much into the government’s National Pensions Savings Scheme (NPSS) as the amount proposed in the pensions White Paper.
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A government-backed initiative, under which people sell their labour by the hour, could save the taxpayer up to £400m a year and keep workers out of the black economy, experts have predicted.
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The spectre of positive discrimination being allowed in the UK has moved a step closer, with the head of an influential new government advisory body calling for changes to the law.
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Company directors could be disqualified if they are found guilty of employing illegal immigrants on two separate occasions, under controversial new government plans
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Domestic intelligence service MI5 has gone to the gym in an attempt to beef up the number of women who apply to be surveillance officers.
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Serious injuries - those requiring more than three days off work - have fallen by two-thirds in the 30 years since the introduction of the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974).
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The long-running pay dispute between universities and their employees has ended with support and admin staff accepting a 15.5% pay rise, following last month's settlement of the acrimonious dispute with lecturers
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Fall in higher education take-up threatens Scotland's economy.
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Record-breaking year likely as pensions contributions hit new heights.
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Young workers are not investing enough to provide for a decent pension, figures show, despite increasing longevity
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Talks collapse as Network Rail and RMT fail to find common ground in ongoing dispute.
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The new Childcare Act has received Royal Assent, giving parents who work, or want to work, new rights to childcare provision.
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Leeds law firm wins UK-wide contract to provide advice to country's biggest retailer.
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Young workers have no intention of saving through government pension scheme.
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Staff cuts at the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will not hinder the quality of frontline services, according to work and pensions secretary John Hutton.