Aviva has agreed to buy Friends Life for £5.6bn in a deal that will create the UK's largest insurance, savings and asset management firm.
Employment tribunal fees should be scrapped so women can afford to take employers to court if they have been treated unfairly because of their pregnancy, the Trades Union Congress (TUC) says.
Working couples are to receive greater flexibility in how they care for their child in the first year of birth or adoption as shared parental leave regulations come into force today.
Employees at Bernard Matthews Farms will have access to a salary sacrifice car scheme using low emission vehicles aimed at maximising savings.
HR professionals are being accused of underestimating and under-preparing for the incoming shared parental leave rules.
The proportion of Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) employees who participate in payroll giving has fallen by half a percentage point in almost two years.
Deloitte is giving £25m to its staff to help them create and run their own business.
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) is calling on employers to offer more options for flexible working and working from home in the wake of figures showing the average daily commute is now almost an hour.
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