Rows over contracts have prompted thousands of fire-fighters to vote on whether to take industrial action. The London Fire Brigade Union said it will ballot about 6,000 members in the capital on action short of a strike.
The problems started from the brigade announcing earlier this month it was starting consultations on terminating existing employment [...]

UK SMEs are now more likely to accept excuses from late paying customers than before the recession hit meaning that many could be suffering with poor cash flow. This finding was as a result of an independently commissioned survey by positivecollections.co.uk, the online debt recovery service for businesses and consumers.
More than 260 business professionals across [...]

British workers are increasingly looking for performance-related pay and bonuses, according to a representative from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).
Performance and reward adviser Charles Cotton claimed a growing number of employees want to be rewarded when their company makes profit as a whole or individual teams perform particularly well.
"Obviously, there is a [...]

Financial institution HSBC has revealed plans to reduce some of its employees' sick pay and increase the number of outlets which open on Saturdays.
The banking giant will cut branch managers' sickness absence pay to 26 weeks as part of an effort to bring them into line with the majority of the company's employees, but union [...]

Financial institution HSBC has revealed plans to reduce some of its employees' sick pay and increase the number of outlets which open on Saturdays.
The banking giant will cut branch managers' sickness absence pay to 26 weeks as part of an effort to bring them into line with the majority of the company's employees, but union [...]

Employers have been warned by an expert that failure to maintain good relations with their workforce is highly likely to have a negative impact on company output.
According to Catherine Ellwood, a consultant at workplace psychology organisation OPP, some companies are not taking workplace morale sufficiently seriously and run the risk of losing ground to more [...]

Employers have been warned by an expert that failure to maintain good relations with their workforce is highly likely to have a negative impact on company output.
According to Catherine Ellwood, a consultant at workplace psychology organisation OPP, some companies are not taking workplace morale sufficiently seriously and run the risk of losing ground to more [...]

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is reportedly seeking to hire another 52 inspectors and has already started its recruitment drive through a civil service website, according to a report.
An article in the Sun claimed successful applicants could be paid as much as £72,000 per year, despite the coalition government’s plan to impose a freeze [...]

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has published a report today calling for a radical overhaul of the rules on maternity leave to give small businesses greater clarity regarding the intentions of employees returning to work. Audrey Williams, head of discrimination at international law firm Eversheds, comments:
“The coalition has promised a new system of flexible [...]

AWD Chase de Vere, the Independent Financial Advisers, has been appointed by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers to provide financial advice services for their 90,000 members.
The Institution’s members are professionally qualified engineers, managers and directors. They include consultants and technical experts in a wide range of industry sectors including Aerospace, Automotive, Construction, Energy, Manufacturing, Medical [...]