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Public sector HR must brace itself for storm ahead

After escaping virtually unscathed by the worst of the recession so far, HR teams in the public sector must now brace themselves for a storm heading their way.Official labour market figures show that public sector employment actually increased by 250...

Published 19 Jun 2009 4:22 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Public Sector, pay, hr, unions, pensions, jobcuts, publicsector

Bank Holidays | Calls for more go simply unanswered

Surprise, surprise, unions have yet again urged the government to introduce another bank holiday - in late October as always - to bring the UK more into line with European countries. A 'new' report by the TUC out today (more likely a re-hash from...

Published 22 Aug 2008 1:36 PM by Editors Blog

Filed under: government, business, unions, tuc, bbc, BERR, bank holidays; gordon brown

Equal pay | Clarity needed as the elephants stampede

The equal pay saga dominating the local government landscape continues to rumble on its destructive course. Equal pay is now not so much the elephant in the room but a stampeding herd of angry pachyderms. Last week the Court of Appeal paved the way for...

Published 1 Aug 2008 9:12 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Public Sector, government, Human Resources, Equality, unions, local government, tribunals, Court of Appeal, councils, Acas, NHS, equal pay

Unions | New rights for workers mean more HR headaches

Speculation is rife among the national press this morning on how much ground Gordon Brown conceded to the trade unions at Labour's National Policy Forum in Warwick over the weekend. With no official announcements from either the government or unions...

Published 28 Jul 2008 12:09 PM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Politics, Employee Relations, Human Resources, Labour, unions, Personnel Today, employment rights, Gordon Brown, policies

Unions | Preparing for war in Warwick

Trade unions have upped the ante ahead of their meeting with Labour Party chiefs at Warwick University this coming weekend. The policy forum/beano is where unions traditionally outline their demands to the government for new workers' rights. Top of...

Published 24 Jul 2008 10:20 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Politics, employers, Human Resources, business, Industrial Relations, Labour, john hutton, unions, Gordon Brown, Warwick

Pay awards | Strikes, wages and inflation

For those of you slightly bemused by the relationship between wages and the effect it has on inflation, my colleague Sheila Atwood on XpertHR's Employment Intelligence blog gives a good explanation. Chancellor Alistair Darling reiterated his call...

Published 18 Jul 2008 10:41 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Public Sector, employers, pay, inflation, Economics, Industrial Relations, unions, strikes, local government, wages, alistair darling

Minority strike vote highlights need for radical reform

The fact that up to 600,000 public sector workers are to strike next month highlights just why so-called union mandates to strike are generally nonsense, and why the rules for voting in the UK are in need of radical reform. Unison general secretary Dave...

Published 25 Jun 2008 10:23 AM by Editors Blog

Filed under: Public Sector, Politics, strike, council workers, local government employers, unions, politicians, proportional representation, voting, reform

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