Local authorities

Bristol City Council has banned white people from applying for an £18,000-a-year traineeship because it wants to boost staff diversity....

Derbyshire County Council expects to save £1m over the next two years thanks to a major transformation of its IT systems,...

MidlandHR’s complete HR, payroll, talent management and workforce planning solution, iTrent, has been chosen by Kent County Council (KCC) to...

Council workers in England and Wales took more than two days off work on average because of stress last year,...

FactsErica Connor was employed by Surrey County Council as a head teacher at a mainly Muslim school. In February 2003,...

Council HR departments could find their bonus scheme arrangements scrutinised in the wake of the Birmingham City Council equal pay...

Thousands of female Birmingham City Council staff could receive a share of up to £600m in compensation after winning an...

Having successfully deployed a simple view and update of basic HR records via Oracle HR Self Service, South Lanarkshire Council were...

Senior NHS, police, fire service and local government staff will participate in a training course this week designed to help...

Council workers in England and Wales took on average more than two days off work because of stress last year,...

HumanConcepts, the leading provider of workforce decision support solutions, has announced that the Rotherham Council has recently selected OrgPlus for...

The government’s entire network of sector skills councils (SSCs) still face the prospect of being closed down despite all but...

Surrey County Council has joined forces with Jobcentre Plus to offer work opportunities to the most disadvantaged.The council has pledged...

Almost 2,000 workers at Lancashire County Council have been told their pay will be cut by up to 30%, while...

Women could be hardest hit by proposed council cutbacks, the Audit Commission has warned.In its Surviving the Crunch report, the...