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Days lost through sickness absence fell to a record low of around four per worker last year, new figures have revealed.

Britons were absent for an average of 4.3 days last year, with coughs and colds the most common cause followed by back pain, ONS figures show

Pensioner households are £20 a week better off on average than those of working age, a report says.

Pensioner household incomes have overtaken those of working age equivalents for the first time, a new study found. Elderly spending power has been boosted by a new wave of pensioners who tend to still be in work, own a home and receive generous pension pots, analysis by the Resolution Foundation for the Intergenerational Commission shows. The As Time Goes By study, which charts income changes across different generations during the past half century, states low growth for working age households has coincided with a surge in pensioner wealth.

Orkney has been named the second best place to live in the UK, behind Winchester, in a quality of life survey.

The “practically perfect” county city of Winchester has been named the best place to live in the UK for quality of life, according to a new survey.

Winchester is the best place to live in the UK in terms of quality of life, a study finds.

Poverty among people who are working has risen despite a recovery in the UK economy, a study suggests.

Antrim and Newtownabbey have the lowest rate of life of healthy life expectancy for women compared to any other part of the UK.

Main measure statisticians use was not designed for the job

UK workers took fewer sick days in 2016 than at any time since comparable records began almost 25 years ago. Days lost through illness fell to just 4.3 per worker last year, compared to 7.2 days in 1993, the Office of National Statistics revealed. Around 137 million working days were lost from injuries and illnesses - considerably down from a peak of 185 million in 1999, despite an increase in the number of people in the workforce since then.

We all knew older generations are increasingly better off than their younger counterparts - but now a new study has found recent retirees are actually

Finding the right data Since the mid-1990s, labour market discrimination based on sexual orientation has been investigated by a number of researchers (Badgett 1995, Black et al. 2003, Arabsheibani …

Experts say employers will struggle to award pay rises if country cannot restore growth to pre-financial crisis levels

The increased scapegoating of institutions needs to stop. This notion that everyone but the establishment is losing out is fantastical

Survey determined quality of life by asking people about crime rates, house prices and even the weather

The district of Winchester - which includes the Cathedral city of the same name - has been named the best place to live after scoring highly on a range of issues, including including health and life expectancy

The number of people living in poverty despite having a job has reached a record level because of a combination of high rents, low wages and benefit cuts, a new report has warned. It concluded that the economic recovery and the growth in employment in recent years has not been translated into rising living standards. The …

Baby boys born in South Norfolk can expect to live three years longer than those born a few miles away in Great Yarmouth, according to new figures showing stark differences in life expectancy.