Employees who enter into a civil partnership with a partner of the same sex must be granted the same benefits upon their marriage as those granted to their colleagues, the European Court of Justice has ruled.

Further details about the government's new Health and Work Service (HWS) have been published along with a substantial report examining the potential value of using telephone services to provide health and return to work support.

Only a minority of private sector employers have carried out an equal pay review despite more than a decade of campaigns designed to persuade firms to take this step voluntarily, a survey shows.

The government has extended the £500 tax relief for employer funded return to work treatments to include all those arranged by employer occupational health services.

Legal & General has added a master trust option to its group life insurance product.

An NHS trust has reduced sickness absence and saved £250,000 by introducing a staff self-referral physiotherapy scheme.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed that it expects the independent assessment service to be phased in gradually across the country from October 2014, with the service being available nationally by April 2015.

UHY Hacker Young is warning that as many as a third of taxpayers on PAYE may have the wrong tax code due to issuing errors by HMRC.

A global survey of employees reveals that the vast majority of workers do not find their jobs fulfilling without extra reward.

A third (37%) of employers expect to spend more than they do now on their benefits offering to improve engagement and lower absenteeism, according to a survey.