Local authorities

A national standard for work experience provision for SMEs is being launched by the National Council for Work Experience (NCWE)....

Leicestershire County Council and Nottingham City Council have signed a partnership deal to share HR and other administrative functions in...

Local authorities in England and Wales are struggling to retain children’s social workers, a survey of council HR chiefs has...

Staff at City of Edinburgh Council are “furious” after learning that their new salary rates are based on an average...

Greenwich Council has been criticised for advertising 11 new HR roles, despite having spent more than £500,000 making 12 HR staff redundant...

A local authority is planning to crack down on smokers by forcing them to clock in and out when they go...

Public services union Unison has described plans by Suffolk County Council to outsource the majority of its services as “damaging”...

Aberdeen City Council will reward its next chief executive with a record salary of almost £142,000, the Scotsman has reported.
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Around 2,000 jobs are to go at Cornwall Council over the next four years, as the authority attempts to cut...

Charnwood Borough Council in Leicestershire wants to reduce senior management posts from 28 to 18 in an effort to boost...

The GMB union has reacted angrily after Birmingham City Council wrote to staff telling them it was reviewing all their...

Birmingham City Council has announced that it is reviewing all terms and conditions of employees as part of measures aimed...

Local authority chief executives and finance directors at Scotland’s local authorities fear up to 22,000 council staff will lose their...

All staff with the exception of the chief executive have been asked to consider voluntary redundancy by Fareham Borough Council...

A round-up of the latest HR appointments.Lloyds Banking Group has appointed Sandra Quinn as people risk director. Quinn joined the...