Recent graduates expect lower salaries and may need to be enticed out of university with flexible benefits packages.

Employers may have to offer an increasingly enticing set of lifestyle benefits to accommodate an older workforce if predicted changes to the retirement age are passed by the government.

Employers are using outplacements and career guidance services as a way of enticing workers and improving their employee benefits.

The coalition government''s proposals to allow all employees to request flexible working hours has been criticised by business groups, while the TUC says the administration is right to press ahead.

Reforms to the postal service could see the modernisation process driven by employee engagement, it has been revealed.

Flexible working schemes are saving businesses money and making employees happier, according to an expert.

CIPD chief economist Dr John Philpott has claimed the introduction of new flexible working legislation will benefit individuals and the economy alike.

Freezes on pay may be about to cease in the private sector, with benefits packages still making up for lower salaries, while the public sector faces up to significant budget cuts.

Employees are still working too much unpaid overtime and the Working Time Directive should be scrapped, according to a professional body.

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