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    ONS staff vote in favour of strike

    by Jo Faragher 8 Apr 2024
    by Jo Faragher 8 Apr 2024

    Employees at the Office for National Statistics have voted to strike in protest against a return-to-office mandate.

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    Chair of gender-critical employee network faces legal action

    by Rob Moss 20 Mar 2024
    by Rob Moss 20 Mar 2024

    A lawyer who is chair of a civil service network representing gender-critical employees is being sued by an unnamed claimant...

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    ONS staff balloted for strike over office return

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Mar 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Mar 2024

    Staff at the ONS are being balloted for strike action and action short of a strike over office return plans.

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    Skills shortfall a barrier to AI adoption in government

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Mar 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Mar 2024

    Seven in 10 government bodies say that skills are a barrier to artificial intelligence adoption in their organisation.

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    PCS union announces strike ballot of 160,000 civil servants

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Mar 2024

    The largest union representing civil service workers has announced it will launch a national strike ballot of 160,000 civil servants...

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    MI6 hits the airwaves to boost ethnic diversity in recruitment

    by Jo Faragher 4 Mar 2024
    by Jo Faragher 4 Mar 2024

    The BBC will feature interviews with intelligence officers from minority backgrounds to boost ethnic diversity in the service.

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    Civil service sickness absence hits 12-year high

    by Jo Faragher 4 Mar 2024
    by Jo Faragher 4 Mar 2024

    Civil service absence is up to a 12-year high, official figures suggest.

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    ‘Mentors sexually harassed staff’: MoD faces more allegations

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024

    A survey by trade union Prospect has revealed that more than 120 female civil servants have experienced sexual harassment at the Ministry of Defence or public sector defence agency.

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    Pay is a ‘chronic problem’ for civil service recruitment and retention, MPs told

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Feb 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Feb 2024

    Senior officials admit that real-terms civil service pay cuts over the past decade have affected recruitment and retention.

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    Official Receiver staff sacked over sharing case data

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024

    Staff at the Official Receiver have been sacked for allegedly sharing details of potential jobs with private sector insolvency practitioners.

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    EHRC urged to investigate MoD’s handling of sexual harassment claims

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jan 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jan 2024

    It has been reported to the equality watchdog over claims the MoD failed to properly address sexual harassment allegations.

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    MoD employee reveals sexual harassment episodes

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Jan 2024

    A female MoD employee told Prospect that she had experienced her first sexual assault a year after joining the MoD at a social work event.

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    Government accelerates civil service relocation

    by Rob Moss 12 Dec 2023
    by Rob Moss 12 Dec 2023

    Civil service relocation plans see Darlinton, Aberdeen and Manchester hosting 'second headquarters' to three government departments.

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    Civil servants campaign for four-day week

    by Jo Faragher 8 Dec 2023
    by Jo Faragher 8 Dec 2023

    Civil servants in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) have launched a campaign to work a four-day week.

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    DWP staff shortages harming mental health, claims union

    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Dec 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 5 Dec 2023

    An additional 30,000 jobs at the Department for Work and Pensions are needed to meet current demand, a union claims.

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