A recent survey by the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP) has found that more people than ever are being signed off with stress.

Managers and senior officials work the longest total hours of any major occupational group, but much of it is unpaid overtime, a new report by the Office for National Statistics on hours worked has shown.

The most radical reform to the employment law system for decades has been outlined by Business Secretary Vince Cable as part of the Government’s plan for growth.

Businesses have been called upon by ministers to help tackle employment related law, bureaucracy and red tape in the latest phase of the Employment Law Review.

Recent research has found that over 75% of office workers in the UK wouldn't report malpractice in their workplace. The research also found that 69% of respondents did not know that whistleblowing legislation existed to protect them if they were to make a qualifying disclosure of wrongdoing.