All posts tagged "Employment"

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  Fit for the future: cementing sustainable flexible working practices

  The vast majority of UK civil servants switched to remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic and most want to retain greater flexibility moving forward. At a recent Workday webinar, experts

  • Posted December 15, 2021
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  Will the pandemic pave the way for welfare reform? The UK’s former homelessness tsar sets out her vision

  It was the devastation of the Second World War that gave birth to the UK’s welfare state, and now, argues Louise Casey, the covid-19 pandemic provides the government with a

  • Posted September 12, 2021
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  US launches Digital Corps to attract young talent

  The US government has launched a new fellowship programme for aspiring IT professionals that aims to develop a new generation of tech leaders for the federal public service. The programme

  • Posted September 6, 2021
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  We’re all teleworkers now: flexible working policies in the USA, UK, Canada and Australia

  As social distancing rules are relaxed, will civil servants be drawn back into the office? Pablo Jimenez Arandia examines the emerging policies on flexible working in four big countries and

  • Posted August 31, 2021
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  Union welcomes Biden’s picks for labour relations panel

  The Biden administration has proposed the appointment of academics, union lawyers, mediators and a former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board to serve on an arbitration panel for labour-management

  • Posted August 27, 2021
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  UK civil service improves diversity, but gender pay gap remains

  The UK civil service has improved overall diversity but the gender pay gap – while smaller than in 2020 – remains, new workforce statistics show. In 2021, representation of female,

  • Posted July 29, 2021
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  Learning from our mistakes: the post-COVID recovery

  After the financial crisis, a slow and imbalanced recovery fostered a new set of social, health, economic and political problems. At a GGF webinar, expert panellists discussed how policymakers can

  • Posted January 3, 2021
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  Top tips on how to switch off this holiday season

  The festive season is a difficult period for many – and this year, social distancing rules and ongoing work commitments threaten to make it much tougher. Wellbeing consultant Ramin Salehi

  • Posted December 21, 2020
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  Plans to break up US federal HR agency abandoned

  The Trump administration’s plan to merge the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) with the General Services Administration (GSA), giving the White House much greater control of federal HR policies, has

  • Posted November 2, 2020
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  UK to score ‘social value’ in awarding contracts

  The UK government has announced new measures to deliver social value through public procurement. The model, announced by the Cabinet Office last month, will require government departments to assess and

  • Posted October 9, 2020
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