The Business, Innovation and Skills Committee has announced a new inquiry into women in the workplace.

Disability and poor health are preventing nearly half a million people approaching retirement from working, a figure that will only increase as the state pension age (SPA) starts to rise, according to a TUC analysis of official labour market data.

The latest Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs indicated a further loss of momentum for the Scottish labour market in July.

A quarter (26.3%) of employees do not understand everything on their payslip, according to recent research from the Chartered Institute of Payroll Professionals (CIPP).