Lord Sugar has criticised current UK employment laws which prevent employers from being able to ask prospective female employees during a recruitment interview about their plans with regard to having children and childcare.

A third (35.4%) of Scottish workers are unhappy in their current job, and would not recommend their employer (34.2%).  

Redundancies look set to rise sharply in the first quarter of 2011 in the public sector as Government cuts bite, according to this quarter’s Labour Market Outlook from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and KPMG. However, job creation in the private sector offers some hope to the overall employment picture.