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Public sectorRedundancy

Returning public-sector executives to have to repay redundancy sums

by Rob Moss 28 Oct 2014
by Rob Moss 28 Oct 2014

Highly paid public-sector executives who receive redundancy payments only to return to work within a year will need to repay the taxpayer, the Treasury has announced.

Detailed legislative proposals mean that individuals earning more than £100,000 who take a new job in the same part of the public sector within 12 months of being made redundant will have to repay all or some of their redundancy payment.

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The move will mainly affect NHS and local government administrators, many of whom have taken redundancy payments only to go back into the public sector.

One in six council chiefs who left by mutual agreement between January 2007 and September 2009 were employed by another local authority within a year.

The precise amount of the redundancy repayment will be pro rated depending on the length of time between exit and re-employment.

Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander, said: “It’s only fair that highly paid executives who receive a redundancy payout from the public purse and then quickly return to the same part of the public sector, repay the taxpayer.”

Priti Patel, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, said: “We are ending the revolving door where highly paid public-sector workers can leave with redundancy only to rejoin a short while later – and making sure hard-earned taxpayers’ money is not being wasted.”

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Most of the public sector will be covered by these new regulations, including local government and the NHS. It will not apply to the armed forces, or institutions such as national museums, public broadcasters or the Bank of England.

Further detail on the Government’s announcement is available on XpertHR.

Rob Moss

Rob Moss is a business journalist with more than 25 years' experience. He has been editor of Personnel Today since 2010. He joined the publication in 2006 as online editor of the award-winning website. Rob specialises in labour market economics, gender diversity and family-friendly working. He has hosted hundreds of webinar and podcasts. Before writing about HR and employment he ran news and feature desks on publications serving the global optical and eyewear market, the UK electrical industry, and energy markets in Asia and the Middle East.

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