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    Police Scotland constable who can’t work in cold weather awarded £43k

    by Rob Moss 15 Aug 2025
    by Rob Moss 15 Aug 2025

    Police constable awarded £43,100 after she was found to have been victimised by her boss over her inability to work in cold weather.

    • Scotland
    • Local authorities
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    Local authority staff absence in Scotland hits record level

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Aug 2025

    The Accounts Commission showed the absence rate among non-teacher staff rose to an average of 13.9 days in 2023-24 compared with 10.8 in 2010-11.

    • NHS
    • Scotland
    • Gender

    Trans row nurse cleared of misconduct as tribunal resumes

    by Jo Faragher 16 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 Jul 2025

    Trans row nurse Sandie Peggie has been cleared of gross misconduct as her tribunal against NHS Fife resumes.

    • NHS
    • Scotland
    • Latest News

    NHS Scotland staff accept two-year 8.2% pay deal

    by Rob Moss 16 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 16 May 2025

    Nurses, midwives and numerous other workers across NHS Scotland have accepted a two-year 8.2% pay deal.

    • Scotland
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    • Latest News

    NHS Lothian review finds ‘toxic’ work environment

    by Jo Faragher 2 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 May 2025

    NHS Lothian has apologised to staff in its maternity care unit after an investigation uncovered a toxic workplace culture.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Scotland
    • Education - further and higher

    Reasons behind Dundee University job losses to be probed

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025

    Broken down, the full-time equivalent job losses consisted of 197 academic roles, 119 school-based professional services posts in schools, and 316 directorate roles.

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    Police Scotland turns away tasteless tattoos

    by Jo Faragher 10 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 10 Mar 2025

    Police Scotland has turned away a record 25 recruits for tattoos that went against official policy.

    • NHS
    • Scotland
    • Education

    Scottish workers enjoy UK’s biggest public sector pay rises

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Feb 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 18 Feb 2025

    Scottish workers are awarded the biggest pay increases in the public sector, outstripping the rest of the UK.

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    • Bullying and harassment
    • Scotland

    Nurse at centre of trans tribunal faces conduct hearing

    by Jo Faragher 17 Feb 2025
    by Jo Faragher 17 Feb 2025

    The nurse at the centre of a tribunal against her employer, NHS Fife, has been asked to attend a conduct...

    • Scotland
    • Local authorities
    • Latest News

    Payroll error: council in Scotland seeks to claw back £614,000

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024

    Highland Council officers are facing questions over how payroll overpayments have been allowed to stretch to over £600,000.

    • NHS
    • Scotland
    • Latest News

    Consultants in Scotland accept 10.5% pay rise

    by Zoe Wickens 7 Nov 2024
    by Zoe Wickens 7 Nov 2024

    Senior doctors and consultants across Scotland accept 10.5% basic pay increase backdated to 1 April following negotiations.

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    • Scotland
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Police Scotland staff reject latest pay offer and ‘work to rule’

    by Jo Faragher 4 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 4 Nov 2024

    Police Scotland staff have rejected a pay offer and some are ‘working to rule’ until a better offer is forthcoming.

    • Scotland
    • Local authorities
    • Latest News

    Scottish council workers to vote on strikes in pay row

    by Rob Moss 30 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 30 Sep 2024

    Council workers in Scotland to be balloted on industrial action after pay offer rejected by Unison was imposed.

    • Scotland
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    Thousands of NHS staff in Scotland accept pay offer

    by Zoe Wickens 23 Sep 2024
    by Zoe Wickens 23 Sep 2024

    Thousands of NHS staff in Scotland have voted to accept the Scottish government’s pay offer, ending a consultation process.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Scotland
    • Latest News

    Waitress sexually harassed by ‘creepy’ boss awarded £43k at tribunal

    by Rob Moss 19 Aug 2024
    by Rob Moss 19 Aug 2024

    Waitress sexually harassed and dismissed by her boss after only a month awarded nearly £43,000 at the employment tribunal.

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