The local government pensions strike provided the perfect backdrop for a fiery debate at the Public Sector People Managers' Association (PPMA) annual conference in Brighton last week.
Employee relations
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Representatives from the public and private sector and across the political spectrum have united in their condemnation of "selfish" strikes by trade unions.
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Cutting training budgets will have an obvious impact on skills ('US delight as EU firms slash training budgets', Personnel Today, 21 March)
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The Metropolitan Police force is investigating allegations of the improper use of taxpayer’s money
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Public sector union Unison reacts angrily to the government's insistance that the pensions 'rule of 85' breaches age discrimination regulations
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The row over public sector pensions looks set to become more complex as Scottish ministers showed signs of weakening
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University and college lecturers' unions involved in an ongoing dispute over pay have rejected a "derisory" 6% pay increase offered by employers
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More mass strikes could be on the way for local government as Unison said it was looking at the next steps to take in the dispute about pensions
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The controversial French youth labour law, which has sparked strikes and protests across the country, breaks European age discrimination legislation, legal experts have confirmed.
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Widespread strike action has hit both sides of the English Channel, as UK local government workers strike over pensions, while...
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CBI director general Sir Digby Jones has launched a stinging attack on today’s strike by local government workers, calling the action selfish and divisive
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Asda risks further inflaming relations with the GMB union after it emerged that the supermarket chain plans to recruit managers and other store staff from Poland.
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The government has handed various trade unions a total of 3m in the first payout from the controversial union modernisation...
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Union chiefs are warning that tomorrow’s local government strike over pensions is just the beginning of a long campaign of...
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The TUC is revealing pay differences via an online database that allows workers to compare their salaries with those of their chief executives.