Largest employers’ group calls for discussion on ‘the general climate policy framework’

Young people looking for work can find it just as hard to get work experience - and some employers want paying to pass on their tricks of the trade.

Replacement of final salary schemes by money purchase ones has transferred risks from employers to individual employees

Steve Webb said scrapping index-linking could reduce employers’ costs and ultimately help prevent the closure of generous defined benefit plan

More than 100 employers have agreed to back an initiative designed to help open up jobs in business and other professions, Nick Clegg announces.

Retailers, banks, law firms and energy groups are among more than 100 companies to have agreed measures including a pledge to advertise work experience places openly

David Cameron has pledged to cut back the health and safety legislation "monster" by capping lawyers referral fees for personal injury claims against employers.

Investors, employers and environmental groups are debating if the new tone presages a change in government policy

UK faces tough 2012 with no quick fixes, says employers’ group chief

Employment protection legislation tends to discourage employers from hiring during the growth phase of the economic cycle but it also discourages layoffs during the recessionary phase. Over the cycle as a whole, the effect is neutral, but EPL tends to promote greater overall stability, with smaller employment swings from boom to bust.