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The latest stories from the Life @ Work section of the BBC News web site.
Britons are richer and more stressed than when the Queen came to the throne, a report by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has found.
Graduate pay will rise by 4% this year - the first increase since 2009, the Association of Graduate Recruiters has estimated.
Labour leader Ed Miliband defends his party's decision to support the government's pay freeze for public sector workers, despite union criticism.
Full-time employees in the UK work longer hours than the European Union average, according to the Office for National Statistics data.
The independent Institute for Fiscal Studies says George Osborne's economic plans will mean a sharp drop in household income.
The Court of Appeal backs an equal pay case brought by 174 female ex-employees of Birmingham City Council.
Official estimates for public sector job losses are too conservative to meet government spending cuts, an independent forecasting group says.
Earnings rose at far below the level of inflation in the year to April, although the pay gap between men and women narrowed slightly.
Staff who work for small businesses could lose their right to claim unfair dismissal under a proposed shake-up of employment legislation being considered by ministers.
The high salaries of UK executives are "corrosive" to the economy and undermine productivity, the High Pay Commission claims.
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