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Asbestos-related cancer victims and their families have won an important test case over access to compensation.

Employers must tread carefully with staff holding extreme beliefs, explains Audrey Williams from Eversheds.

A voluntary code of practice for employers hiring migrant workers is unveiled in Lincolnshire.

Beijing says its employment outlook is "grim", amid concerns of increasing social unrest caused by economic problems.

Nurses are calling for safer needles to be used routinely after a poll showed nearly half of nurses have been injured by needles used on patients.

A call centre company from Lanarkshire is named Employer of the Year at the National Business Awards 2008.

University tuition fees could rise by as much as £80 under proposals by the Employment and Learning minister, Sir Reg Empey.

A group of inmates produce their own radio show aimed at improving their employment chances.

A major strike by Germany's largest industrial trade union is averted after a new 4.2% pay deal with employers.

Pensions minister Rosie Winterton is to announce a review of laws governing company pension schemes.

David Cameron has unveiled proposals to cut the tax burden for employers as the main parties fight it out over tax.

The employment minister announces new measures to support training schemes during the economic downturn.

UK employers are becoming increasingly gloomy about job creation in the current climate, a report shows.

The US jobless rate jumped to 6.5% in October, official figures show, the highest rate since March 1994.

Workplace bullying could increase because people are worried about the security of their job, experts predict.

Some staff at one of North Derbyshire's biggest employers are asked to take unpaid leave.

The government sees of the biggest revolt of Gordon Brown's premiership over strike ballots - but MPs are denied a vote on controversial BNP move.

Thirty-five jobs are lost at the Kilkeel-based contractor RG Coulter, which was once the town's largest employer.

Employers predict a sharp rise in redundancies, particularly among older people, as the financial crisis hits the job market.

Migrant domestic workers in Jordan face physical abuse, long hours and poor conditions, human rights group Amnesty International says.

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