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HR, Pay & Benefits

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Biden nominates new head of US tax agency; Australian mandarins confront cost of COVID response to vulnerable citizens: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Biden nominates management veteran to lead IRS US president Joe Biden announced last week […]

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US feds struggling to ‘stretch their paycheck’ as data reveals growing pay gap with the private sector

The wage gap between federal and private sector employees is widening according to fresh data put before a meeting of the US Federal Salary Council. Data produced by the US […]
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Canadian business bosses tell government to get staff back to offices; China sees huge demand in state recruitment drive: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. Canadian businesses urge federal government to implement return-to-office policy Canadian business leaders have told […]
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Rishi Sunak halts plan for 91,000 UK civil service job cuts – but staff reductions could still be coming

New UK prime minister Rishi Sunak has scrapped plans initiated by Boris Johnson to reduce civil service headcount by 91,000 posts, but cuts could still happen as departments are tasked […]

US unions urge Congress to protect federal staff from Trump bid to strip employment protections

Congressional leaders have been urged to pass a bill that would block future governments from resurrecting a Trump-era bid to strip career federal employees of their civil service protections, in […]

Can new prime minister Rishi Sunak bring stability to UK?

Upheaval caused by the resignations of two UK prime ministers and scores of ministers within a matter of weeks has left civil servants struggling to deliver policies with “morale at […]

US federal retiree benefits rise again; Nigeria plans innovation hub to promote economic transition: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. US federal retirees to see biggest benefits boost in years amid ongoing disparity talks […]

Australian Public Service staff get 3% wage rise as government pledges end to ‘pay bargaining Hunger Games’

Australian Public Service (APS) staff are to receive an interim 3% pay rise while a longer-term policy that aims to reduce fragmentation of pay and conditions across the service is […]
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UK PM backpedals on plans to cut 91,000 civil service jobs by 2025

UK prime minister Liz Truss is expected to walk back on plans to cut a fifth of the civil service workforce by 2025 and instead reduce headcount gradually to avoid […]
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US federal judge allows overtime pay case to proceed; Canada’s Indigenous training attendance sinks: management & workforce news in brief

Global Government Forum’s weekly digest of the news you need to know but might have missed. US judge challenges regulation by letting federal employee overtime case proceed A US federal […]