UK pay awards are expected fall short of inflation for the fourth year in a row, analysis from XpertHR reveals.

UK businesses have lost a staggering £36.6m in the last year due to people taking time off work because of dental problems, according to estimates from the British Dental Health Foundation.

A quarter (25%) of UK employees did not use all of their holiday allowance in 2012, with one in 10 (11%) feeling too guilty to use all of their annual leave, new research has shown.

If an employee is satisfied in their working environment, they're ‘much more likely to not go absent in the first place', according to Legal & General employer service director Glenn Laming.

The TUC has made a last minute call for MPs to halt plans for employment tribunal fees, warning that if implemented, many of the UK's lowest paid workers will be priced out of justice.

The cost of providing health-related benefits for companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) soared by an average of 3.6% in 2012, new data from Mercer Marsh Benefits has revealed.

Life assurance should be extended to dependents so that should a tragedy occur, employees have some financial resources to support their family, Punter Southall Health & Protection Consulting (PSHPC) has said.

Employers are keen to see a switch in focus from fixed to variable pay, while also shifting the split between pay and benefits towards the greater use of benefits.

Victims of asbestos-related cancer in the workplace will receive increased financial support and benefit from a simpler claims process under a new Bill introduced by the government.

Bupa has warned that poor cost control has made the private medical insurance sector "unsustainable" and risks piling further pressure on struggling NHS services.