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British companies are very confident about their business prospects over the next two quarters, their level of optimism reaching a 22-year high, the latest survey from business consultants BDO has revealed.

As part of an ongoing effort to reduce sickness-related absenteeism and tackle sickness absence abuse, the UK Government has decided to create a new scheme designed to get people back into work faster.

The Government’s consultation over zero-hour contracts should also take into account the employer’s market power, the Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) has argued, as part of its recommendations regarding the regulations in this sector, a news report in the HR media has revealed.

Barclays, one of the UK’s and the world’s largest banking groups, has announced plans to cut its workforce by 10,000 to 12,000 members of staff this year, including 7,000 in the UK, a recent media news report has revealed.

The British private business sector is quite confident and upbeat about the year ahead, the latest survey from the Forum for Private Business has revealed.

An advanced technology designed to block mobile phone signals is set to be switched on across Scottish prisons over the next few weeks, a media news report on this topic has recently revealed.

Around 26% of all UK workers (7.8 million employees, on the average) do not receive any sort of workplace benefits from their employers, new research from Canada Life Group Insurance has recently revealed.

Nearly a third of businesses are set to use various biometrics solutions by 2016 in order to ensure a superior level of security for their premises, personnel and data, a report drafted by the analysts from Gartner has recently revealed.

The percentage of the economically active population aged 16 and over who were unemployed (the unemployment rate) rose to 7.2% over the three months leading to December 2013, up by 0.1% compared to the previous trimester, the latest report from the ONS

Employers are becoming much more interested in hiring young people with previous work experience, as they can adapt easier and faster to any working environment, a new report by the UK Commission For Employment And Skills (UKCES) claims.

As employee wellness is starting to become a vital element in any company’s business plan, it’s very likely that, by 2018, it will actually be formally measured and reported on, the Flux Report by talent management specialist Right Management forecasts.

Replacing a member of staff who’s currently earning an above the average salary can cost companies in excess of 30,000 pounds, new research from Oxford Economics would suggest.