EXCLUSIVE: Consumer affairs minister Jo Swinson and Business Secretary Vince Cable reviewing practices but won't seek outright ban

IBTimes UK's investigation uncovers widespread use of no-guaranteed working hours arrangements at local councils across Britain.

Sanders speaks exclusively to IBTimes UK about how temporary contractors are helping businesses grow

Speaking exclusively to IBTimes UK on camera, de Poel chief executive Matthew Sanders says that temporary contractors are helping businesses grow.

Employment procurement firm de Poel's CEO Matthew Sanders says labour market is undergoing a fundamental shift.

On 25 April 2013 the French Ministry of Labour posted the latest unemployment figures for March - an increase of 36,900 and the 23rd consecutive monthly increase - which showed that 3.224 million were signed up and looking for work. The Ministry admitted that this figure broke the previous record set in 1997 of 3.195 million and whilst not releasing an unemployment rate, reiterated that this had stood at 10.2 per cent at the beginning of the year and that they are confidant that the rate would ...

Alistair Charlton looks at four women in technology paving the way for a change in the gender balance in business.

First police pay and conditions overhaul in 30 years recommends cut to £19,000 and £15-a-shift special payment for officers fighting riots.

Rio Tinto announces cost-cutting initiatives to cope with decline in global demand and lower commodity prices.

The full text of prime minister's speech in Manchester

London Overground staff will be get a 25 percent wage hike for working during the Olympics and Paralympics.

On 15 September 2011 the Office for National Statistics reported that the level of unemployment had remained unchanged at 7.9 per cent but only because the estimated number of people employed in the economy, had fallen by 69,0000 in the three months to July, to total 29.17 million, of whom 23.13 million are in the private sector 23.13 million and 6.04 million in the public.

The Office of National Statistics has just published a batch of figures on the UK's workforce, nearly coinciding with the Friday, 16 July's submission to The Treasury by most government departments of their proposed budget cuts. The Treasury requires drafts based on 25 percent and 40 percent cuts to the 2010-2011 figures and these will form the basis of the autumn Spending Review and November's Budget Address to Parliament by George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Trades Union Congress has called on employers across the country to allow their workers to watch England play their final deciding match of the group stages of the World Cup.