MPs have reportedly voiced their concerns about how the European Union's Working Time Directive (WTD) will affect workers such as retained firefighters.

Incentive programmes should not be affected by potential claims of age and sex discrimination, a human resources (HR) boss has claimed.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has warned that seeing people fall over is no laughing matter.

The Trades Union Council (TUC) has welcomed the increase in the amount of weekly earnings that count toward statutory redundancy pay but says more needs to be done.

It has been reported that 200 Romanian workers have been asked to leave the 2012 Olympic Park site in the past two months.

Official figures show that unemployment increased to 1.92 million in the three months to November 2008.

The recession will have more effect on female employees than male, according to the Trades Union Council (TUC).

Employees who are on long-term sick leave are still entitled to take days off that they have accrued while on their sick bed, the European Union high court has ruled.

The Federation of Master Builders (FMB) has said that over half of its members made redundancies in the last three months of 2008.

A leading charity has suggested that older workers in the UK face discrimination when it comes to keeping their jobs in the recession.