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A new report indicates office stress is unlikely to trigger cancer. The large European study found that, although stress at work is not good for employee health, that is its likely extent.

A graduate had to leave her volunteer role at a museum to stack shelves at a budget retailer. Cait Reilly said this did little to increase her chances of landing a job and added that the forced aspect had breached her human rights.

The RMT (Rail, Maritime and Transport) union has announced a week’s worth of strike action for cleaning staff will begin this Friday, February 15, 2013.

In one of the first cases of its kind, compensation awards of up to 50 days’ pay have been made by a workplace tribunal to 150 workers at a council.

Union members working at three hospitals face pay cuts of up to £2,800 a year, it is claimed. Workers belonging to Unison at the sites under the auspices of the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust took industrial action in November against pay and job cut proposals.

Representative of business interests the CBI said that extending the right to request flexible working was a reflection of practice already common in many factories and offices.

A local authority said it hopes to avoid large-scale redundancies after announcing 1,000 job losses over the next three years. Cheshire East Council currently employs 5,500 staff and says the reductions are due to cuts to government grants.

Council staff will be compelled to apply for their own jobs. This episode at East Cheshire follows an internal review, when the council described a botched planning matter as “regrettable” and acknowledged “evident failings”.

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has looked into the quality of working life.

A new health advice service has started to tackle occupational long-term absence, the government announced last Friday.

Restructuring at a well-known car firm takes effect from May 1, as a result of which there will be redundancies. Previous company record will be factor in who is chosen to leave at Honda.

A police force needs to save approximately £26 million, thus it is expected to reduce the officers in its ranks from 1,727 to about 1,400 by the end of 2014.