British employers plan to increase pay at the weakest rate since 2013, a survey shows, offering poor prospects for British households already strained by higher inflation since last year’s Brexit vote.

Bonus payments are now offered by 80% of employers, with just 14% of those surveyed here definitely not offering such payments.

Our labour market has been tightening for some time and surprise, surprise, employers are starting to display considerable interest in the welfare of the people on their payroll, particularly those with portable skills.

With technology blurring the lines between work and home, people are finding it more difficult to get down time, writes Ailin Quinlan

People are increasingly going to work when they are ill, highlighting a culture of “presenteeism” rather than staff pulling sickies, research has revealed.

The prospects of finding a job are likely to get "much worse" in the face of fresh cuts in public spending this year, union leaders warned today ahead of new unemployment figures.

Firms which neglect workers' job satisfaction or stress problems risk losing their best employees.

JOBSEEKERS can apply to fill any one of 2,000 professional vacancies with 50 leading companies exhibiting at the second annual admission-free Career Zoo at Dublin’s Mansion House on Saturday and Sunday, September 10 and 11.

Unemployment in the UK will peak at 2.7 million next year, lower than previously predicted, although the jobs outlook would get worse if economic growth is weaker than expected, a new report said today.

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Official figures due today are expected to reveal UK unemployment easing back further, but will do little to ease fears of a "jobless recovery".

More than half of staff in the North still go to work when feeling stressed or unwell, a survey showed today.

The British Government today warned that further rises in unemployment were expected before the summer as figures showed those claiming jobseeker’s allowance soared to the highest level since Labour came to power in 1997.

Unemployment in the UK will continue to rise at least until the summer of 2010, peaking at 2.8 million, a leading business group predicted today.

Official figures are expected to show another big increase in the jobless total in the UK today.

Woolworths will continue its slow demise today with more than 150 branches closing, as the crisis gripping the British high street spreads.

UK blue chips were lent some Christmas cheer today as commodities boosted London's leading share index despite further dire news from the retail sector.

The number of British firms expected to make redundancies among their staff in the next few months has risen "sharply", suggesting that the tougher economic climate has started to hit the UK jobs market, according to a new report today.

Union leaders in the UK tonight called for a cut in British interest rates and help for manufacturers after unemployment jumped by over 100,000 to reach the highest level in three years.

British firms have become more pessimistic about employment prospects in the next few months, but were keen to recruit workers from eastern Europe, according to a new report today.

More than two-thirds of firms in the UK have disciplined staff for viewing pornographic images on company computers, it was revealed today.

The British government tonight hailed new figures showing unemployment at a record low despite mounting concern about the millions of people dropping out of the labour market.

British workers are optimistic about their future prospects and most British firms plan to hire extra staff in the next few months, according to two new reports published ahead of new unemployment figures today.

JOBS growth is set to accelerate in Britain over the coming months, according to a recruitment survey.

Franchising has played little part in the Irish DIY sector, until now. Agribusiness Correspondent RAY RYAN reports on the man trying to mix the best of traditional hardware stores with the range and choice offered by big business.

Directors’ pay should not be subject to EU legislative restriction, according to the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).