Employers have been urged to cast their net more widely when it comes to recruiting new staff in a bid to beat the effects of the recession.

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics have indicated that the number of people classed as being in long-term unemployment has risen in the UK.

Four recruitment company directors have been banned from running employment agencies following a series of serious breaches of employment law.

An employment tribunal has ruled that a worker should have been permitted to carry forward his holiday entitlement to the next year as he was unable to use it due to ill health.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called for more to be done to prevent female workers from suffering discrimination in terms of pay.

Civil service workers across the country may be set to take industrial action over proposed redundancy law changes which would see them lose out on compensation payments.

The Institute of Directors (IoD) has voiced its support for an amendment to employment law governing retirement age in order to make the system fairer and more productive.

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) has suggested that UK workers are likely to continue to be threatened by redundancy and unemployment despite the end of the recession.

A change to employment law to amend the default retirement age could assist older workers looking to find a position following redundancy, according to an expert.

The government has committed to a continuation of its efforts to eliminate discrimination and inequality in the workplace.