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PAY
Grievance forces Scottish councils to increase pay for chiefs
By Dan Peters | 03 March 2023
Scottish councils have been forced to axe the pay cap on chief executives after a successful grie...
FINANCE
Employers reject request for pay rise link between chiefs and workers
By Dan Peters | 23 February 2023
Local government employers have again refused to offer the same pay increase to council chief exe...
PAY
Councils benefit from Holyrood windfall
By Martin Ford | 22 February 2023
Scottish authorities are to receive an extra £100m funding in a last-minute addition to Holyrood’...
PAY
Pay spine review 'inevitable,' employers admit
By Dan Peters | 21 February 2023
A redesign of local government’s pay spine is ‘inevitable,’ employers have admitted privately.
PAY
Equality matters
By Tracey Lee | 15 February 2023
There is no financial reason why employers should treat senior officers less generously on pay th...
WHITEHALL
Tensions over children's social workers
By Dan Peters | 08 February 2023
London Councils has launched a broadside at neighbouring South East councils for luring children’...
HUMAN RESOURCES
How to solve the talent crisis
By Gordon McFarlane | 08 February 2023
Gordon McFarlane says this is one of the most challenging workforce environments the sector has e...
WHITEHALL
Lib Dems propose social care pay increase
By Mark Conrad | 06 February 2023
Almost a million frontline social care workers would receive significant pay rises under Lib Dem ...
PAY
Don't leave staff in the slow lane for pay rises
By Heather Jameson | 01 February 2023
Heather Jameson says not addressing senior pay alongside that of frontline staff is a mistake. 'I...
FINANCE
Council investigates exit payments
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2023
Exit payments made to former Northumberland Council staff may have been unlawful, members have be...
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