Another high-profile Whitehall HR professional has been seconded to work in the private sector.Susie Maxwell, who had most recently been...
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The cost of civil servants’ time has been left out of the budget for the 2012 Olympics, MPs revealed today.A...
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More than 100,000 civil servants are set to strike on the same day as teachers in a continuing row over...
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Head of Civil Service praises private sector HR professionals for jumping ship
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherCabinet secretary Gus O’Donnell has praised the influx of private sector HR professionals into the Civil Service – and backed...
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Public and Commercial Services Union secures Civil Service job protection deal
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe government and the main Civil Service union have reached a deal over job security and protection from compulsory redundancies....
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A new strategy aimed at boosting skills in the Civil Service has been launched.Civil Service head Gus O’Donnell said the...
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Civil servants at the Department for Work and Pensions will strike next week over their controversial three-year pay deal.Members of...
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Government departments could do more to tackle civil service ‘sickie’ culture
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe Cabinet Office has admitted that government departments “can do more” to reduce staff sickness absence.Figures showing that the absence...
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Senior Civil Service to groom ethnic minority staff for leadership roles
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryA new mentoring scheme aimed at preparing black and minority ethnic (BME) staff for leadership roles in the Civil Service...
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Civil servants have voted overwhelmingly for more industrial action, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) has announced.Sixty-eight per cent...
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Two letters about civil servants' first class travel expenses
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Figures released by several government departments last week revealed millions of pounds of public money was being spent on first-class...
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Civil servants spend millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on first class travel
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryCivil servants are spending millions of pounds of tax-payers’ money a year on first-class rail travel, flights and taxi fares,...
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FDA survey findings show civil servants want fixed retirement age to be abolished
by Greg Pitcherby Greg PitcherThe government has been urged to abolish fixed retirement ages for civil servants. Public sector union FDA revealed research showing...