Council staff

• Council offers ‘additional’ paid leave after premature births

  South Ayrshire Council employees with children who receive hospital care following a premature birth are being given additional paid maternity and paternity leave.

  

• Staff churn in local government - an unsustainable reality

  Garry Nelson explains how councils can improve effective talent acquisition, retention and development programmes.

  

• Council staff drop multi-million legal claims against Birmingham City Council

  A multi-million pound raft of legal claims over sex discrimination have been dropped by Birmingham City Council workers without explanation.

  

• A cry for help?

  With a survey suggesting half of council workers are considering quitting their jobs, Mark Whitehead considers how important it is for managers to ease the fears of the local government workforce.

  

• Half of council staff considering quitting their job, survey finds

  Half of council workers are thinking of leaving their job for less stressful work elsewhere, according to a new survey by trade union Unison.

  

• Gender pay gap: what next for councils?

  Mark Whitehead finds out why two London councils have signed up to a new scheme to help women climb the career ladder.

  

• A clash of cultures?

  Mark Whitehead considers if the local government workplace has suffered due to councils adopting a more market-friendly approach.

  

• Council to take pay dispute to Supreme Court

  Nottingham City Council is to take a dispute with its staff over incremental pay rises to the Supreme Court.

  

• Report calls for a bespoke workforce deal with the EU

  Only a bespoke workforce deal with the EU would allow the public sector to recruit top-end talent as well as sufficient numbers of skilled workers and lower-skilled staff, according to finance chiefs.

  

• Council's pay freeze is ruled unlawful by Court of Appeal

  Nottingham City Council was wrong to impose a freeze on incremental pay rises, the Court of Appeal has ruled.