Public sector

A four-day work week could risk widening existing inequalities between workers, a report commissioned for the Welsh Government has warned. 

A union has urged the NHS to allow more health staff to work flexibly, after finding more than one in...

Nurses are calling for the government to overhaul NHS pay structures or face a “potentially irreversible” workforce crisis.

Employees at the Office for National Statistics have voted to strike in protest against a return-to-office mandate.

Under the new deal some consultants will receive a pay increase of nearly 20% for the financial year 2023-24.

A black lawyer who was described as 'glamorous' by a colleague has lost her claim for race discrimination.

The British Army has ended its century-old ban on beards, but has outlined several requirements for length and grooming.

Teaching is in the grip of a “mental health emergency”, a union has warned, with teachers turning to antidepressants, alcohol and self-harm.

Surgeon told she must be 'bare below the elbows' loses religious discrimination and harassment claim against Airedale NHS Foundation Trust.

Letter urges the health secretary to continue to invest in NHS mental health hubs for health workers in England.

Carers working for UK’s biggest provider accept pay deal giving the contractual right to at least statutory sick pay (SSP) from day one.

Around 27,000 staff including community nurses and physios at non-NHS organisations will soon receive lump sums worth at least £1,655.

Scottish Parliament staff have been banned from wearing rainbow lanyards to show LGBTQ+ pride to remove perceived bias risk.

Six in 10 NHS nurses are facing such financial pressures they must turn to credit or savings, a survey by the Royal College of Nursing has found.

The National Audit Office finds ‘significant weaknesses’ in the modelling that underpins NHS England’s Long Term Workforce Plan.