All posts tagged "Pensions"

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  UK could increase civil service pay through cutting pension contributions

  The UK government is examining increasing pay for civil servants and others working in public services through lowering pension contributions. According to reports, the government is exploring the potential to

  • Posted January 7, 2025
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  Set departmental targets to reduce UK civil service staff turnover, says thinktank

  “Ministers have inherited a civil service in urgent need of reform,” says the Institute for Government (IfG) – and last week the thinktank set out ‘20 ways to improve the

  • Posted August 7, 2024
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  The power of a diverse civil service, Mexico’s first female president, and more

  Welcome to the latest edition of the Global Government Women’s Network newsletter. This month, international leaders discuss the strategies they are using to embrace diversity in the workforce in all

  • Posted June 6, 2024
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  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

  • Posted October 20, 2022
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  UK civil service data shows gaping gender pension gap, says auditor

  There is 47% gender pay gap in pensions in the UK civil service, according to analysis published by government spending watchdog the National Audit Office (NAO) today. The report, Public

  • Posted March 19, 2021
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  UK abandons redundancy cap following legal challenges

  The UK government has repealed new regulations that limited exit payments for departing public sector staff to £95,000 (US$132,000), after its policy was challenged in the courts by unions and

  • Posted February 15, 2021
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  Data standards published for UK pensions dashboards

  Data standards have been published to create “pensions dashboards” for UK citizens. The tool will enable people to access their personal pensions data – including about their state pension –

  • Posted January 7, 2021
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  Brazil introduces public sector reform bill

  The Brazil government has presented a constitutional reform bill to congress that would make it easier to fire civil servants and cut their benefits, and would give the president powers

  • Posted September 9, 2020
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  US lawmakers defend federal workers’ rights, but pay hike remains 1%

  A House of Representatives panel moved to protect US federal employees from the Trump administration’s efforts to cut benefits and curb collective bargaining rights last week, but has not improved

  • Posted July 15, 2020
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  How inequality fosters instability: top civil servants on tackling the ‘populist backlash’

  When people feel that the game of life is fixed, they lose trust in leaders and institutions – resorting to protests and populists. At the 2020 Global Government Summit, top

  • Posted May 3, 2020
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