Companies may be required to report on their progress to get more women into the boardroom, under proposals announced this week. It comes as new research shows that sixty per cent of people think there are not enough women directors in big businesses.
The survey which has been commissioned by the Government Equalities Office for International [...]

The Government today welcomed the fall in ILO unemployment and youth unemployment, but said the overall figures also showed continued support was needed to secure the recovery. Ministers warned that further rises in unemployment were expected before the summer, and announced more help to get people back to work.
New figures published by the ONS show [...]

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has announced plans to give public sector workers the right to form employee owned co-operatives to take over the services they deliver.
This will empower millions of public sector workers to become their own boss and help them to deliver better services.
“Today we are setting out our plans to give power to [...]

The UK economy has finally come out of recession, following growth of 0.1 per cent in the last three months of 2009, but Gordon Brown has admitted the start of recovery has taken longer than it should have.
Speaking to Newsnight, chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling has warned that economic growth remains very weak, while [...]

Going back to work after enjoying the benefits of maternity leave can be a daunting prospect for many new mums, new research has found.
According to the study by the National Childbirth Trust (NCT), 39 per cent of women said that returning to their place of work after having a baby was either “difficult” or “very [...]

The prime minister has addressed attendees of the ongoing Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference and told them the government hoped to release the “entrepreneurial, innovative and dynamic” employees.
Gordon Brown stated that his parliament would make five commitments designed to help encourage growth within the economy, including those is the areas of skills and science, [...]

In terms of strategy and practice, HR teams and workplace managers may have a lot more to learn, one sector commentator has claimed.
Sean Rickard, director of the full-time MBA programme at the Cranfield School of Management, said the UK “isn’t half as good” as managing as it perceives itself to be, in comments which may [...]

A proposed scheme by the Labour party to place a quarter of a million two-year-olds in free childcare is not needed and could put more pressure on working parents who are struggling financially, it has been claimed – which may cause problems in absence management.
In a recent speech at the Labour Party Conference, Gordon Brown [...]

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has joined with the government to offer up to 10,000 graduates support through initiatives such as internships in small and micro organisations.
Prime minister Gordon Brown said that even in the current economic climate, a new generation of young Britons will be inspired to be ambitious and join enterprises through [...]

Working fathers in the UK are set to have their paternity leave rights extended, reports claim, which could help to promote wellbeing in the workplace among employees who are also parents.
From April 2011, new fathers will be able to take six months paid paternity leave under the plans announced by Gordon Brown.
The proposals were originally [...]