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The UK is heading towards a time when nobody benefits from a final salary pension scheme, it has been warned.
New figures recently released by the Pension Protection Fund show a cut in the deficit of final salary pension schemes.
At the end of January 2010, a deficit of £51.9 billion existed, which reduced to £15.1 billion [...]

Employers are believed to be missing out on talented female workers, it has been claimed – which could lead to suggestions of discrimination in the UK workplace.
The World Economic Forum’s Corporate Gender Gap Report 2010 has been launched and notes that not enough is being done by corporate businesses to close the gap of gender [...]

The leading voice of graduate recruiters and developers has called on the next Government to abolish the 50% target for participation in higher education and to start a phased increase in student top-up tuition fees.
The Association of Graduate Recruiters (AGR) said the measures were vital to raise standards and improve the student experience, and would [...]

EU Employment and Social Affairs Ministers have adopted a Directive to prevent injuries and infections to healthcare workers from sharp objects such as needle sticks – one of the most serious health and safety threats in European workplaces and estimated to cause 1 million injuries each year. The Directive translates into Community law an agreement [...]

The Law Society Charity says more needs to be done to open the profession up to a wider, more diverse talent pool, as the Law Society opens applications for the Diversity Access Scheme.
The Society’s scheme, which is supported by the Law Society Charity, is just one initiative led by the Society to create [...]

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