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    Union rep teacher awarded £370k for unfair dismissal

    by Rob Moss 15 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 15 May 2025

    Teacher and union rep awarded £370,000 after head teacher unfairly dismissed her in ‘revenge’ for her opposing lesson observations plan.

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    Reform UK councils’ staff face WFH ban

    by Rob Moss 6 May 2025
    by Rob Moss 6 May 2025

    Staff at 10 Reform councils in face ban on working from home after Nigel Farage said he would set up ‘efficiency’ units in each authority.

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    Acas hosts talks to end Birmingham bin strike

    by Adam McCulloch 1 May 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 1 May 2025

    The talks represent Acas’s first major involvement in attempts to end the full strike since it started, on 11 March.

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    Met Police cuts 1,700 officers and staff in cost-cutting move

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025

    The Metropolitan Police is to cut more than 1,700 officers and staff across serious organised crime, forensics, historic crime, mounted...

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    Birmingham bin strikes: major incident declared

    by Rob Moss 1 Apr 2025
    by Rob Moss 1 Apr 2025

    Birmingham City Council declares major incident amid ongoing strikes by bin workers, which have led to 17,000 tonnes of uncollected waste.

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    Barnet Council to face equal pay claim worth ‘tens of millions’

    by Jo Faragher 26 Mar 2025
    by Jo Faragher 26 Mar 2025

    Around 400 women are to join an equal pay claim against Barnet Council in London, according to the GMB union.

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    Bin workers strike over pay in Birmingham

    by Zoe Wickens 4 Feb 2025
    by Zoe Wickens 4 Feb 2025

    More than 350 bin workers based in the city of Birmingham have begun strike action over a pay dispute.

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    Second jobs at four-day council ‘nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch’

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 9 Jan 2025

    The situation at South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) is described as “nuttier than a squirrel’s brunch”

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    National Care Service plans unlikely to emerge before 2028

    by Jo Faragher 3 Jan 2025
    by Jo Faragher 3 Jan 2025

    The government has announced a commission to review the long-term funding of adult social care in England - but proposals are unlikely to emerge before 2028.

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    Archivist wins appeal after being called ‘sour and bitter’

    by Jo Faragher 4 Dec 2024
    by Jo Faragher 4 Dec 2024

    A woman who was referred to as a ‘sour and bitter individual’ has won her case at the Employment Appeal Tribunal.

    • Scotland
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    Payroll error: council in Scotland seeks to claw back £614,000

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024

    Highland Council officers are facing questions over how payroll overpayments have been allowed to stretch to over £600,000.

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    Department of Health Northern Ireland/Healthdaq win Excellence in Public Service HR 2024 Award

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Nov 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Nov 2024

    Judges commended the health department's courageous decision to eliminate reliance on agency staff, significantly reducing costs.

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    Government allows South Cambs four-day week to continue

    by Jo Faragher 11 Nov 2024
    by Jo Faragher 11 Nov 2024

    The government has decided to allow a local authority to proceed with its four-day working week arrangement.

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    EB Live 2024: Success in total reward is a balancing act

    by Tynan Barton 9 Oct 2024
    by Tynan Barton 9 Oct 2024

    Total reward programmes are a huge investment in employees, says Aaron Lloyd, total rewards lead – people services at Birmingham City Council.

    • Scotland
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    Scottish council workers to vote on strikes in pay row

    by Rob Moss 30 Sep 2024
    by Rob Moss 30 Sep 2024

    Council workers in Scotland to be balloted on industrial action after pay offer rejected by Unison was imposed.

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