Interim findings revealed by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) and totaljobs.com outline the necessity for the Public Sector to focus more on their employer brand to attract future talent. The interim report, entitled ‘Bridging the Gap: Developing a framework to attract new talent into the Public Sector’, details that over 1.5 million…
The latest pay settlement data from Incomes Data Services shows that the median pay award among private firms in the three months to April was 3 per cent, compared to zero for public employers. It is the first time in decades that public sector pay has been frozen on average, with the effect of spending…
Before buying their Will and Kate flags and their commemorative crockery, some employees will need to check their Employment Contracts and Handbooks to find out if they will be entitled to receive the extra ‘Royal Wedding’ bank holiday. In case you have been living on the moon recently, Prince William, the 2nd in line to…
There was a reduction in the public sector workforce of 132,000 in 2010, 2.1 per cent down on the previous year, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The biggest reduction was in local government (66,000 or 2.3 per cent), followed by ‘central government’, which includes the NHS and the armed forces (45,000 or…
In order to help public bodies prepare for the forthcoming Single Equality Duty, a new guidance has been published by the Coalition Government. The revised duty covers a broad range of new considerations for public bodies when making policy decisions and delivering services. Formally just covering ethnicity, gender and disability, the new duty extends these…