Quentin Reade

There is huge demand for learning new skills among the British workforce, but a range of obstacles - topped by overwork and stress - prevent many employees from taking up training.

Half of UK employees travel more than an hour to work each day, according to a poll by staffing services company Select Appointments.

The biggest driver for measuring and evaluating training is to demonstrate the positive impact of training on the business, according to research.

Tony Blair is said to be confident he has enough support from other European countries to save the UK's opt-out from the EU Working Time Directive.

Working mothers are becoming increasingly depressed and exhausted in the struggle to hold down a job and raise a baby.

New research shows that teaching is becoming an increasingly attractive career option for university students - making the top three of preferred graduate career areas for the first time.

More than one-in-four women executives would consider cosmetic surgery to improve their career prospects, according to a survey.

A top university has drawn up a list of high-performing state schools whose pupils face being denied places because of 'positive discrimination', according to the Sunday Times.

The increased pace of business life has led to more than half of UK employees claiming to have experienced one or more symptoms of over-work or burnout in the past six months

Almost two-thirds of graduates say they had a bad experience when applying for their first job, according to research.

Success rates for ethnic minority groups, women and with people with learning difficulties and disabilities in further education colleges and work-based learning are rising.

Less than one in 10 people made ill or injured by their work ever receive any compensation from the state or from their employers, according to a TUC report.

The UK could be in danger of running out of nursing staff as many overseas recruits consider taking their services to the US.

CEO dismissals and other forced departures reached record levels last year, according to the fourth annual survey of CEO turnover.

Changes in government regulations could seriously affect the flow of Commonwealth workers to the UK, according to research by recruitment consultancy Morgan McKinley.