All posts tagged "Employment"

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  Women Leaders Index Gender Equality Case Study: Germany

  Every country has a different story to tell on women leaders in the civil service. Interviewing experts on the findings of our Women Leaders Index – which tracks the proportion

  • Posted September 5, 2017
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  New law to squeeze employment protections for US Veterans Affairs staff

  A controversial bill that will allow the swift dismissal of staff at the US Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) is awaiting sign-off by president Donald Trump after receiving the backing

  • Posted June 15, 2017
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  Calls for new civil service resources as UK triggers Article 50

  The triggering of Article 50 last week has sparked fresh debate over whether the UK’s civil service has the capabilities to handle the many complexities arising from Britain’s withdrawal from

  • Posted April 3, 2017
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  Canada offers civil service opportunities to indigenous students

  The Canadian government has launched a drive to attract more young civil servants from indigenous groups. This week, Scott Brison, president of Canada’s Treasury Board, announced a scheme to provide

  • Posted February 13, 2017
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  Top UK civil servants to face Whitehall history lesson at new leadership academy

  A new academy for future UK civil service leaders will require participants to draw on Whitehall’s “institutional memory” and learn from the civil service’s historical successes and failures. The UK

  • Posted January 12, 2017
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  Trump’s Cabinet unfolds amid rumour and turmoil

  Donald Trump’s Cabinet-appointment dramas have continued over Thanksgiving weekend, with the president-elect’s top advisor, Kellyanne Conway, acknowledging a grassroots outcry against the possible appointment of Mitt Romney as secretary of

  • Posted November 28, 2016
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  Senior Republicans prepare to squeeze civil servants’ benefits and protections

  Republicans in Congress are planning to reduce the size of the federal workforce and push through reforms that will cut pensions, halt automatic pay rises, crack down on publicly-funded union

  • Posted November 25, 2016
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  India moves to protect retired officials from corruption probes

  The Indian government is introducing amendments to an anti-corruption bill, in order to give retired civil servants the same protections from prosecution as serving officials. The move follows the suicides

  • Posted November 8, 2016
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  Finland pushes ahead with basic income trial

  The government of Finland is to trial a new ‘basic income’ model that it hopes will pave the way for broader reforms of the country’s social security system. The concept

  • Posted October 28, 2016
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  Australia’s solicitor general resigns over George Brandis row

  Australia’s solicitor general Justin Gleeson has resigned, citing an “irretrievably broken” relationship with the country’s attorney general, George Brandis. The Commonwealth’s two most senior law officers had become engaged in

  • Posted October 24, 2016
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