Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+

Civil Service

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Civil Service school has become a separate government department

    by Mike Berry 5 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 5 Jan 2007

    The National School of Government is now a separate government department, giving it more autonomy to develop its role as a...

    • Civil Service
    • Employee relations
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

    Civil service union members balloted after strike call to resist job cuts and below inflation pay rises

    by Mike Berry 2 Jan 2007
    by Mike Berry 2 Jan 2007

    The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) is balloting 280,000 workers in more than 200 government departments about industrial action. ...

    • Civil Service
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Industrial relations in the Civil Service is a ‘shambles’

    by Mike Berry 8 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 8 Dec 2006

    Industrial relations between Whitehall employers and trade unions are in need of a dramatic overhaul, the head of the senior...

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Executive recruitment

    Report reveals 300% rise in spend on advertising civil service jobs

    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006
    by Mike Berry 6 Dec 2006

    The government spends almost £800m a year on advertising public sector jobs, a report has found.
    The total spent on...

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Hotels and meals for civil servants cost government £56m a year

    by Mike Berry 18 Oct 2006
    by Mike Berry 18 Oct 2006

    Civil servants ran up a £56m bill on hotels and meals last year, official figures have revealed.
    Tory MP Grant...

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Wellbeing

    Sicknote civil servants cost government £425m in 2005

    by Personnel Today 11 Oct 2006
    by Personnel Today 11 Oct 2006

    The Civil Service lost more than five million working days to staff sickness absence last year, official figures have revealed.Cabinet...

    • Civil Service
    • Careers in HR
    • Latest News

    More civil service HR chiefs head for the door as the cull continues

    by Michael Millar 26 Sep 2006
    by Michael Millar 26 Sep 2006

    More HR directors in the Civil Service are to move on as the government continues its overhaul of Whitehall HR...

    • Civil Service
    • Employment law
    • Discipline

    Naked civil servants get bums rush as agency sacks four after lewd behaviour scandal

    by Georgina Fuller 10 Aug 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 10 Aug 2006

    Lusty Rural Payments Agency staff held to account for inappropriate behaviour.

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Senior civil servants lack professional qualifications

    by Michael Millar 7 Aug 2006
    by Michael Millar 7 Aug 2006

    Only one in three senior civil servants hold professional qualifications, according to Cabinet Office data to be revealed later this week

    • Civil Service
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    House of Commons Public Administration Select Committee to assess ability of Civil Service to fix itself

    by dan thomas 2 Aug 2006
    by dan thomas 2 Aug 2006

    MPs to investigate impact of reforms on Civil Service.

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Civil service staff cuts: Home Office ‘directors cut’ fails to materialise

    by Michael Millar 25 Jul 2006
    by Michael Millar 25 Jul 2006

    Home Office promises to immediately cut a quarter of its directors following a damning review of its capability have not been met, Personnel Today can reveal.

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Civl servants petition for better pay

    by Michael Millar 24 Jul 2006
    by Michael Millar 24 Jul 2006

    A petition signed by 50,000 civil servants, demanding better pay, will be presented to Cabinet office minister Hilary Armstrong later today

    • Civil Service
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    Chancellor Gordon Brown piles pressure on Civil Service with further long-term efficiency savings targets

    by Mike Berry 14 Jul 2006
    by Mike Berry 14 Jul 2006

    Civil Service faces years of cost cutting.

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    Unions alarmed at press reports that government will revisit civil service pension deal

    by Georgina Fuller 26 Jun 2006
    by Georgina Fuller 26 Jun 2006

    Union leaders have reacted angrily to reports that the government is considering reassessing the civil service pension agreement.

    • Civil Service
    • Employment law
    • Employment contracts

    Naked civil servants highlight dangers of not having clear codes of conduct

    by Personnel Today 20 Jun 2006
    by Personnel Today 20 Jun 2006

    The stripped-down high jinks of civil servants at the Rural Standards Agency are a wake-up call to all employers who...

Newer Posts
Older Posts

  • How to employ a global workforce from the UK (webinar) WEBINAR | With an unpredictable...Read more
  • Empower and engage for the future: A revolution in talent development (webinar) WEBINAR | As organisations strive...Read more
  • Empowering working parents and productivity during the summer holidays SPONSORED | Businesses play a...Read more
  • AI is here. Your workforce should be ready. SPONSORED | From content creation...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2025

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2025 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • Brightmine
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Free trial
    • Request a quote
  • Webinars
  • Advertise
  • OHW+