Less than half of UK firms do not monitor the gender profile of their entire workforce, and just over a quarter do not monitor gender diversity at all, according to a new report.

The wage gap between men and women in Australia has reached 18.8%, its highest rate since records began.

Business leaders in the UK have called for international students to be excluded from government immigration targets due to their huge contributions to the economy.

Concerns are being raised that the new minimum wage will not make a significant impact on the nation’s poor, as Germany reports record poverty levels.

In the run-up to the UK’s general election, attention has turned to apprenticeships.

The growing influx of foreign students to Lithuanian universities may start to counter the nation’s brain drain.

Ethnic minorities in Germany are far less likely to obtain apprenticeship placements than the average population.