Michael Millar

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is reportedly reconsidering the government's position on globalisation as unemployment continues to rise and more industries become vulnerable to offshoring

The TUC has called for all employers who offshore any part of their operations to cheaper locations abroad to be forced to pay large sums in compensation to workers who lose their jobs as a result

Three-quarters of funding received by the Labour party now comes from trade unions, it has emerged

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has called for an independent investigation into the costs and benefits of immigration to the UK

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has called on companies to "get a life" and concentrate on serious safety risks at work rather than sensationalising trivial concerns

The education system – and not employers – is squarely to blame for the rapidly falling number of science and engineering graduates in the UK, the CBI has insisted

The UK's position on the Working Time Directive (WTD) is said to be "in safe hands" following the appointment of a new civil servant to build a European consensus on the controversial legislation

Employers are placing much more emphasis on the soft skills of school leavers such as communication skills and work ethic than on literacy and numeracy, according to new research

These days, chief executive officers can be gone in a flash. What can your company do to avoid being dazzled?

It seems you can't teach young dogs new tricks, as new research shows younger managers are the most suspicious of flexible working practices

Most UK workers do not want the government or European Union to restrict the amount of hours they can work, according to new research

One in three employers has to send staff for remedial training to teach them basic English and maths skills they did not learn at school, according to new research from the CBI

More than one in four employees (29%) would swap their manager if they could, new research by Investors in People (IiP) shows

The number of people joining the Army last year rose by 9.2%, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced

British executives are more likely to entrust their PA with secrets than their own siblings, according to research.