Title
PAY
Wage boards advocated for care workers
By Michael Burton | 03 June 2020
Wage boards should be created for low paid staff to improve pay and conditions starting with soci...
LONDON COUNCILS
Havering furloughs 260 workers
By Martin Ford | 02 June 2020
Havering LBC has furloughed 260 of its workers as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
FINANCE
Council to furlough 300 staff
By Martin Ford | 29 May 2020
Chelmsford City Council is to furlough hundreds of culture and leisure services employees as coro...
WHITEHALL
EXCLUSIVE: LGA split over worker bonus
By Dan Peters | 26 May 2020
A cross-party agreement that the Local Government Association (LGA) would lobby for a coronavirus...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
EXCLUSIVE: LGA bonus rejection 'slap in the face'
By Dan Peters | 19 May 2020
A top union official has branded English councils’ refusal to rally behind a campaign for a worke...
WHITEHALL
Unite expected to urge pay offer rejection
By Dan Peters | 11 May 2020
Trade union Unite is expected to recommend that its members reject the employers ‘final’ 2.75% pa...
FINANCE
Welsh care workers to receive £500 bonus
By Dan Peters | 01 May 2020
All care workers in Wales will receive a £500 payment in recognition of their work during the COV...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Unions hit back as employers seek to end pay talks
By Dan Peters | 27 April 2020
Trade unions have hit back at local government employers’ attempts to close down talks on pay.
SOCIAL CARE
IPPR calls for pay parity for care workers
By Heather Jameson | 23 April 2020
Healthcare could face a staffing crisis after it was revealed on in five healthcare professionals...
PAY
Chief executive payment decisions 'not lawful'
By Dan Peters | 17 April 2020
‘Proper procedures’ were not followed and decisions to make payments to a council chief executive...
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