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The number of employees who take no sickness leave went up to 51% last year compared with 46% in the year before - Photo courtesy of Luke Jones

UK staff sickness fell to half the rate of Germany in five years

Quality and quantity of graduates lacking, warns EEF

Apprenticeship applications up by a third

Strike stops car production in South Africa

Staff at Premier Foods Wigan vote for strikes

Premier Foods employees at Hovis Wigan site set to strike

Increase in maths and science A-levels good for industry, says EEF

Increase in maths and science A-levels good for industry, says EEF

Leadbitter to design and build £12m Fareham skills centre

Leadbitter to design and build £12m Fareham skills centre

Kirsty Davies-Chinnock, MD of Professional Polishing Services

Not so much ‘Fat Cats’ as ‘Tired Cats’

Brave new world: employers own skills and the end of skills councils?

Listen to Angela

Optimising labour doesn’t have to be costly