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    MPs set out recommendations to address teacher supply crisis

    by Ashleigh Webber 17 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 17 May 2024

    MPs on the Education Committee have set out their recommendations for teacher recruitment and retention in England.

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    Lecturer unfairly dismissed for leaving work early awarded £50k

    by Rob Moss 16 May 2024
    by Rob Moss 16 May 2024

    Tribunal awards lecturer more than £50,000 after finding the disciplinary procedure and gross misconduct dismissal were unfair.

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    Civil service union misses strike vote threshold in most departments

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 May 2024

    Civil servants vote in favour of strike, but the union fails to achieve turnout threshold in key departments.

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    NHS England workforce wellbeing programme launched

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 May 2024

    A new £16m NHS workforce wellbeing programme has been launched in England and will feature initiatives that have been developed by staff.

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    Closing teachers’ pay gap will improve recruitment, study finds

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 May 2024

    Closing the gap between teachers' pay and average earnings is likely to improve teacher recruitment and retention, finds NFER.

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    Civil service EDI jobs, spending and networks to be culled

    by Rob Moss 13 May 2024
    by Rob Moss 13 May 2024

    There will be no more standalone civil service EDI jobs outside HR and external spending will require government sign-off.

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    Performance-related pay to be trialled for senior civil servants

    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024

    New measures that will see senior civil servants receiving performance-related pay have been announced by the government.

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    Scottish government failed to make reasonable adjustments for disabled employee

    by Ashleigh Webber 9 May 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 9 May 2024

    A disabled Scottish government employee who was not given reasonable adjustments has won a direct discrimination case at an employment tribunal.

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    Open University to review practices following Phoenix tribunal

    by Jo Faragher 8 May 2024
    by Jo Faragher 8 May 2024

    The Open University has asked an academic to review its practices following the successful tribunal claim by Professor Jo Phoenix.

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    Diversity of teaching staff in primary schools stalls

    by Jo Faragher 8 May 2024
    by Jo Faragher 8 May 2024

    More than half (55%) of primary schools in Britain have no ethnic minority teaching staff, according to a study from the University of Warwick.

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    Professor ‘astonishingly’ unfairly dismissed wins record £260k

    by Rob Moss 2 May 2024
    by Rob Moss 2 May 2024

    WRC describes decision by University College Cork to dismiss Wim Naudé as ‘astonishing’, adding its HR director had no authority to do so.

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    Civil servants union seeks to halt Rwanda plan over legal concerns

    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024

    Civil servants union the FDA has submitted an application for a judicial review over concerns staff could be in breach of international law.

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    Birmingham schools to strike over equal pay claim

    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024

    Teaching assistants, catering staff and other workers at 35 Birmingham schools are to strike because of delays in settling equal pay claims.

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    Social worker harassed over gender-critical beliefs wins £58k

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Apr 2024

    A social worker who won a harassment claim over her treatment after sharing her gender-critical beliefs has been awarded compensation.

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    Staff taking legal action over NI police data breach

    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 29 Apr 2024

    Thousands of police officers and staff have commenced legal action against the Police Service of Northern Ireland following a data breach.

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