Over a quarter of GB employees (26%) have no long-term career plan and 39% fail to plan ahead at all in terms of career goals, according to new research released today (Monday 5 November 2012) by career management experts Fairplace. The survey suggests that many employees are clocking in...

The pay gap between men and women is at risk of widening for the first time on record, a leading pay equality campaign group warns.   The Fawcett Society says that women still earn 14.9% less on average than men for the same job.    But it says this gap could...

New research suggests the bosses of top firms made an average of £4m a year.    But Incomes Data Services, which compiled the figures, says pay and bonuses have hardly risen at all.   Instead the increase is due to a rise in value of long term incentive plans which have...

Okay, there are no cold hard facts to back this last one up but we probably still think it’s true, especially if your life has less office politics, a better work life balance and you generally enjoy your work more. According to over 1,000 contractors who completed SJD’s biannual...

The UK’s demand for a flexible workforce remains strong, according to new evidence from the Recruitment & Employment Confederation’s (REC) latest JobsOutlook survey, a monthly poll of employer hiring intentions. The research confirms that, despite fears at the time, the introduction of Agency Worker Regulations (AWR) in October 2011...