Britain has refused to fall into line with other EU countries by adopting the regulation to compel employers to limit working time to a 48-hour week.

The minimum wage paid to those aged 22 and over should be applied to 18-year-olds, a trades union has argued.

Around 5,000 jobs at Vauxhall motors are under threat after parent company General Motors (GM) was put on notice by US president Barack Obama to get its financial house in order.

The Advisory Conciliation and Arbritation Service (Acas) is to launch a new programme aimed at solving workplace disputes before they reach the employment tribunal stage.

Workers at a food packaging plant in Wrexham are facing redundancy after it was announced the factory will close down.

HSBC has revealed it is 1,200 jobs from its UK workforce as it seeks to lower its costs.

The number of redundancies among employees at the Royal Bank of Scotland is not certain, its chief executive Gordon Pell has admitted.

A redundancy roadshow is to be held in the Norfolk Town of King's Lynn for those who have lost their jobs or could face the prospect in the near future.

British employees of mobile phone company Nokia could be facing redundancy after the firm revealed that it is to reduce its worldwide workforce by 1,700.

There are ten people chasing every job vacancy in Britain, a new survey by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) has found.