Women fared better in the recession than men when it came to employment.

There is reassuring news for parents this morning.

Shift workers, women and new recruits are most at risk of work related stress, anxiety and depression, an ESRI report has found.

Women are at a higher risk than men of developing work-related stress, anxiety and depression, it has emerged.

People employed in farming, fisheries or forestry are 24 times more likely to die in work-related accidents than those in service industries, a new study shows.

People who work from home are under more pressure and struggle to find balance between their home and work life, new research has found.

MORE than 300,000 households do not have a bank account, with 750,000 families unable to save on a regular basis, according to a report by a Government-backed think-tank.

THE huge progress made in saving pensioners from poverty must not be lost in the December budget, Age Action Ireland has warned.

About a sixth of households were still in the poverty trap in the dying days of the economic boom, it emerged today.

Men are twice as likely as women to be employed in senior and middle management roles, new research revealed today.

More than 12% of the adult population have been discriminated against in the last two years, it emerged today.

GRADUATE workers in the public sector are earning as much as 30% more than their counterparts in private industry.

Firms that pay highly educated women less than men for the same job are reflecting the bias, prejudice and discrimination of wider society, it was claimed today.

THE number of children with unemployed parents dropped by two-thirds at the height of the Celtic Tiger, a survey revealed yesterday.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has claimed that women are still being paid less than men in Ireland, despite 30 years of equality legislation.