Council staff

• Scottish council staff urged to reject ‘unacceptable’ pay offer

  A Scottish trade union has urged its members to reject the offer of a pay increase up to 3%.

  

• More than 2,000 council staff earn over £100,000

  More than 2,300 council employees were paid more than £100,000 in 2016-17, according to the latest ‘town hall rich list’.

  

• Unison accepts 2% pay rise for local government staff

  A two-year pay deal for more than one million local government workers looks likely to go ahead after the biggest of the three unions involved decided to accept it.

  

• Gender pay gap data - treat with caution

  Mark Whitehead explains why the new gender pay gap figures reveal a somewhat more mixed picture of what is actually going on.

  

• Early figures suggest men earn 6% more than women in local government

  Men in local government earn on average 6% per hour more than women according to the latest data being collected by the Government.

  

• Council chiefs have 'low confidence' in delivering statutory services

  Council bosses have warned they do not have the adequate powers and resources to deliver statutory services in a new survey.

  

• Scottish council staff sceptical about country’s digital progress

  Less than half of local government workers in Scotland believe it will become a digital nation by 2020.

  

• Research highlights lack of male staff in council nurseries

  New figures have revealed that only 5% of staff in the Early Years sector are male, leading to calls to 'widen the talent pool'.

  

• Council gives staff option to wear gender ID bagdes

  Staff at Brighton & Hove City Council will be issued with voluntary badges so they can display their chosen gender identity.

  

• Five recruitment trends in local government

  Jes Ladva argues that local authorities are embracing genuine transformation in recruitment as the austerity freeze continues.