employees

Stress levels among GPs have reached the highest peak since 1998, according to research commissioned by the Department of Health.

Employers need to improve their infrastructure and increase engagement in order to boost the take up of cycle to work schemes.

The UK unemployment rate fell 0.1% in the three months to July to 7.7%, according to the Office for National Statistics.

Benefits packages currently on offer to employees are not fit for purpose and are missing the mark in particular for younger workers, latest research shows.

Although hiring in the insurance sector remained at positive levels, there was a decrease in overall insurance hiring compared to 2012, research has found.

A new study has been launched to discover the best way to use doctor's fit notes using the perspectives of employers, GPs and patients.

Almost nine out of 10 (88%) UK employees work during their personal time, research from Jive Software has revealed.

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of financial services firms have increased salaries to offset the impending EU bonus cap in order to retain staff, research from Robert Half Financial Services has revealed.

A failure to tell staff about the benefits on offer is costing UK firms £2.7bn a year through increased staff turnover and sickness absence, Cass Business School research reveals.

Britain's manufacturing firms are losing faith that the government's ‘fit note' programme is delivering on getting people back to work and further action is needed from policymakers, a survey has urged.