Title
PAY
Council chiefs to receive 3.5% pay increase
By Dan Peters | 02 November 2023
Local authority chief executives will receive a 3.5% salary increase backdated to the beginning o...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Government crackdown on four-day week
By Ellie Ames | 26 October 2023
The Government is exploring measures to ‘ensure the sector is clear’ four-day weeks should not be...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Is equal pay really local government's ticking time bomb?
By Gordon McFarlane | 18 October 2023
With equal pay under increasing scrutiny, Gordon McFarlane outlines the best practice the sector ...
DATA
Scottish and Welsh councils outperform England for ethnicity data
By Paul Marinko | 17 October 2023
Scottish and Welsh councils are outperforming their English counterparts for publishing workforce...
PAY
Unison rejects Scotland's 10% pay offer
By Mark Conrad | 16 October 2023
Unison members in Scotland today rejected local government employers’ latest pay deal, which woul...
DIGITAL
Brum's fiscal firestorm
By Claire Agutter | 12 October 2023
Birmingham City Council's dilemma highlights local governance struggles, but dire financial circu...
FINANCE
Birmingham agrees job evaluation scheme
By Martin Ford | 12 October 2023
Birmingham City Council has agreed to implement a new job evaluation scheme in a major step towar...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Employers downplay equal pay risk
By Mark Conrad | 09 October 2023
Smith Square is monitoring equal pay claims across the sector but remains confident the national ...
FINANCE
Bumpy ride for Brum
By Mark Conrad | 27 September 2023
Mark Conrad looks at what form intervention at Birmingham City Council is likely to take.
PAY
EXCLUSIVE: Unions delay next steps discussion
By Dan Peters | 25 September 2023
Trade unions have agreed to reconvene to discuss their next steps on the ongoing pay dispute with...
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