Nearly a quarter of full-time workers never take a break during work and some do not even take a holiday, research from Legal & General reveals.

Capita Group subsidiary Webline claims it has become the first company to offer comparative enhanced annuities.

The Public and Commercial Services' Union fears pensions will be cut when welfare-to-work jobs are outsourced to Work Directions UK.

Older workers are learning from their young colleagues, a study by JobCentre Plus reveals.

Information technology firm JMC IT has set up an employer-funded healthcare cash plan from HealthSure to help staff maintain good levels of health and wellbeing.

CBRE development plan

Only a quarter of defined benefit scheme members in the private sector are accruing benefits, research reveals.

Rush to independence

Union members at electronics giant Siemens have voted for a strike ballot over plans to close the firm's final salary pension schemes to existing members.

GLOBAL - Credit rating agencies have sought to defend their reputations following the losses created by the sub-prime mortgage crisis.