UK Hiring Holds Firm as Wages Rise at the Fastest Pace in Six Years
The REC/KPMG Report on Jobs revealed permanent salaries rose in October.
UK Companies 'Should Screen Staff for Alcohol to Identify Abuse'
Don Shenker, director and founder of Alcohol Health Network, wants workers to take standardised test.
Macquarie to Bid $800m for Scottish Widows Investment Partnership
The Australian investment bank will make an all-cash offer for SWIP in the next two weeks.
UK Government Could Reduce Protections on Final Salary Pensions
The DWP put forward new pension proposals in a consultation.
MPs Slam Iain Duncan Smith's Universal Credit Scheme for 'Shocking Failures' and '£140m Waste'
Public Accounts Committee says the programme suffered from "alarmingly weak" management.
Number of Women on UK Boards Hits Record High as FTSE 100 'Shifts Perception'
Women now account for 19% of FTSE 100 and 15% of FTSE 250 board positions.
UK Pay Inequality: Women Paid Thousands Less Than Men
The TUC says women are still earning on average almost £5,000 a year less than men.
Christmas 2013: Upbeat Shoppers to Spend £380 per Family
Deloitte says the average Christmas budget across Europe will jump 0.7% this year to about €450 per family.
Alstom to Axe more than 1,000 Global Jobs in Cost Cutting Drive
The manufacturer hopes to raise between €1bn and €2bn from the plan.
End Unpaid Internships, Urges Social Mobility Tsar Alan Milburn
Labour MP Alan Milburn argues Britain's top jobs are dominated by a "social elite".
Which? Lobbies Pensions Minister Steve Webb Over 'Rip Off' Costs
The group wants the proposed cap on administration fees for auto-enrolment schemes to be lowered.
Millions of UK Workers Suffer from Stress Costing Companies £460m a Day
Friends Life says one in six UK employees called in sick due to stress in the past year.
BAE Axes 1775 Shipyard Jobs across England and Scotland
Job losses will be imposed at Portsmouth in 2014 and across Filton, Glasgow and Rosyth by 2016.
Kellogg to Cut More Than 2,000 Jobs as Part of Global Cost Cutting Plan
The job losses are part of Project K, a four-year cost-cutting program that Kellogg launched on Monday.
UK Job Openings Hit Highest Level Since Financial Crisis
Reed.co.uk boasts of more than 165,000 live job opportunities on website.
CBI: UK Should Permantly Opt Out of EU's 'Deeply Frustrating' Working-Time Directive
Bosses say legislation ensuring workers' rights is 'deeply frustrating'.
Hundreds of Staff Left 'Deeply Distressed' as Barclays Closes Coventry Call Centre
Unite says the move will be deeply distressing for the workforce and the local community.
Oyster Card Users Swindled by London Newsagent in £6,000 Fraud
Mariathas Thevathas took a few pounds from thousands of transactions over 18-month period.
Nuclear Breakthrough: EDF and Unions Strike Deal for Workers on Hinkley Point C Project
Major deal benefits the 5,000 workers who will build the new power station.
UK Predicts Drop in Unemployment as Economy is Boosted by Property Boom
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research says unemployment will drop to about 7.4% by the middle of 2014.
UK Retailers Had Tough October With Poor Food and Clothes Sales
BRC's Retail Sales Monitor for October finds UK retail sales were up 0.8% year-on-year.
UK Universities Leave 12,000 Workers Worse Off than the Living Wage
NUS and UNISON say more than half of universities paid less than the rate of £7.45 per hour.
Shelter: 80,000 Children Across UK Will Spend Christmas Homeless
The charity says families have been forced into B&Bs and other emergency facilities.
Boris Johnson: New Living Wage Rate Will Help People Make Ends Meet
Rhys Moore, director of the Living Wage Foundation, says the rate has become a badge of honour for employers.
Perkins Review calls on UK Engineering Community to Tackle Skills Shortage
The report makes 22 recommendations to boost Britain's engineering industry.
Financial Job Vacancies Slump as UK Job Market Recovers
Astbury Marsden says many banks are being prudent and putting off bigger hiring decisions.
More Young Women Trapped in Low Pay, Low Skilled Jobs Than 20 Years Ago
TUC and the Work Foundation say just one in a hundred young women worked in skilled trades in 2011.
UK Major Workplace Injuries Hit All-Time Low on Less Amputations, Fractures and Burns
Health and Safety Executive says there has been an 11% decrease.
UK Payday Loans to Cover Cost of Christmas for 'More than a Million'
Money Advice Service says this year seasonal spending is expected to reach £24bn.
UK University Staff and Lecturers Strike over Pay
UCU general secretary Sally Hunt says her members' pay conditions are not fair.
