Workplace Wellbeing

Nairobi civil servants to work in shifts, cutting congestion

Kenya’s public servants will soon be working split shifts to help tackle congestion in the capital city, the government has said. The Public Service ministry has written to all civil […]

Trump curbs federal staff protections and union powers

US president Donald Trump has signed three executive orders that curb the power of civil service unions and make it easier to sack under-performing federal employees. The executive orders, which […]

Reshaping pensions: President Macron’s ambitious plans

France has a complex, inequitable pensions system; and a powerful, well dug-in set of unions. The president’s stated goals have put him on a collision course with both: David Whitehouse […]

‘Work-life’ programmes boost performance of US federal employees, study finds

Public servants who take part in work-life programmes designed to help them balance their professional and personal commitments display higher performance, greater job satisfaction and more commitment to their employer, […]

Cardiff to host latest UK civil service “hub”

More than 4,000 UK civil servants from different departments are to move to a centralised office in Cardiff, as part of a programme to make the civil service more modern […]

Nine tenths of UK officials say working life is getting worse, survey finds

Some 90% of UK civil servants say that their working lives are deteriorating, new research by Global Government Forum has found, and two thirds say their power and influence is […]

Canadian departmental chiefs handed mental health brief

The Canadian government has launched a new strategy to tackle workplace mental health problems, giving departmental chiefs responsibility for addressing a major cause of long-term sick leave. The workplace mental […]

Civil servants must make their views heard, says former UK minister

Civil servants should not shy away from ‘telling politicians what to do,’ a former cabinet minister has said. Ed Balls, who was chief economic adviser to the Treasury from 1997 […]

Joint committee calls on Canada’s government to create centre of expertise on mental health

Canada should create a centre of expertise on mental health, according to a joint committee of civil servants and public sector union representatives set up by the previous government. The […]

‘Leadership is about courage,’ says senior official who speaks out about battle with depression

A senior civil servant whose team won an innovation award for its work in supporting workplace wellbeing has spoken of her struggle with depression and is urging other leaders to show […]