Local authorities
Employers can now refer essential workers for coronavirus tests
Employers of essential workers in England who are self-isolating with symptoms of coronavirus can refer them for Covid-19 testing.
Outsourcers pool staff over public sector Covid-19 challenge
Outsourcing giants collaborate in bid to maintain health and prison services.
Key workers list published: children can remain at school
The Department for Education last night published a list of key workers whose children will still receive schooling despite the...
Huge public sector redundancy payouts revealed despite ‘ban’
Level of payouts far in excess of stated government cap of £95,000.
Newcastle City Council tops LGBT+ inclusion list
Newcastle City Council has been named the most inclusive employer by LGBT+ charity Stonewall.
The local authority received the accolade...
Need for home care workers outstrips police and nurses
As many as 90,000 home care workers for the over 65s are needed if the main parties’ manifesto pledges to...
Personnel Today Awards 2019: Financial Services Compensation Scheme achieves public sector D&I award
The Financial Services Compensation Scheme scooped the Diversity & Inclusion (Public Sector) Award, sponsored by Civica, at the 2019 Personnel...
How recruitment tech could ease the social care skills crisis
Technology has reached a point where it can alleviate social care sector's recruitment problems.
Public sector pay rises will come from existing budgets
The austerity belt has been further loosened with the announcement of public sector pay rises above the rate of inflation, the largest in six years.
Government opens consultation on £95,000 cap on public sector exit payments
The government has confirmed plans to introduce a £95,000 cap on payouts for public sector workers when they leave their...
London Borough of Croydon lauded as Apprenticeship Employer of the Year
Croydon Council headed up the shortlisted companies in the 2018 Personnel Today Awards’ Apprenticeship Employer of the Year category with...
Retention of teachers becomes urgent as pupil numbers soar
School leaders in the state sector face having to fill increasing numbers of vacancies, with lack of job satisfaction a...
Centre for Public Services Leadership ‘will boost innovation and productivity’
The government has laid down plans for a Centre for Public Services Leadership that will prepare future leaders for public...
Equal pay strike hits Glasgow schools and services
Hundreds of schools and nurseries are closed in Glasgow after around 8,000 workers began a two-day strike over a long-running...
Public sector workers could face variable pay rises
Public sector workers could have wage increases based on their performance or where in the country they work, the chancellor...
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