Six in ten employers don’t offer any routes into their organisation for non-graduates. That’s according to new research by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), launched today at a Department for Work and Pensions Employer Forum hosted by the CBI. The research is the latest output from...

Employment is up by 263,000 in the quarter to July 2012,  with over half of this growth among part-timers The headline unemployment figure is down slightly by 7,000 on the quarter to July 2012. The more recent figure for those claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance also fell slightly by 15,000 during...

More than one in four (28%) HR directors admit that they have no formal process in place to deal with stress and anxiety for employees, according to a survey by OfficeTeam. The study surveyed 200 HR directors across the UK, with the results segmented by size, sector and geographic...

The closely-watched CIPS manufacturing purchasing managers’ index rose to a four-month high of 49.5 in August from a downwardly revised 45.2 in July.   In the 17-country eurozone region, output was below the 50 mark for the 13th successive month, indicating continued contraction.   In China, manufacturing activity fell to a...

Nearly three quarters of people off work due to illness required adjustments in the workplace to help their return, an analysis of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) Fit for Work Service pilots by Legal & General has shown. Half of those who returned to work with support...