Public sector

We provide details of where and when strikes are happening, as the UK battles with the ongoing period of industrial unrest.

The latest workforce survey from the Department for Education shows teachers leaving in record numbers.

The Police Federation of England and Wales (PFEW) victimised and discriminated against officers who made claims about their pensions, an employment tribunal has found.

More than 2,400 nurses in Scotland have been forced to take sick leave because of symptoms of long Covid since 2020.

Executive committees and representatives of three trade unions representing workers in the civil service are considering a new pay offer...

The DWP has only just introduced a mechanism to incorporate regular overtime into holiday pay, several years after a landmark judgment.

University staff are staging strikes after their employers have vowed to dock pay if they boycott assessments.

A petition to ensure that NHS bank staff in England receive non-consolidated pay increases like their colleagues is gaining traction.

Professional bodies, charities and unions urge government to publish the long-awaited NHS workforce plan for England.

The RAF has been accused of disadvantaging white male applicants in a bid to meet diversity targets.

The head of the civil service's largest union has accused Whitehall of 'racist institutional bias' in a letter.

An examiner working for Pearson Education has secured a worker status ruling, which a union says could pave the way for further claims.

Police Scotland’s chief constable Sir Iain Livingstone has admitted that the force is institutionally racist and discriminatory.
Sir Iain, who...

Strike: Inside the Unions – Documentary gains unique access to trade unions including the RMT, Royal College of Nursing and Unite.

Nurses and midwives are leaving their professions earlier and most are unlikely to return, official data shows.