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Not bad news for all public servants this Christmas
20 December 2012
By Roger Jeary
New Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will be one of the few public servants granted a massive wage and generous benefits, while almost all other public sector workers are on a pay freeze at best, or being made redundant. But we're all in this together, right?
Evasion of law by Sodexo demonstrates short-sightedness of collective redundancy consultation period cuts
19 December 2012
By Sarah Glenister, IER staff
On the day Employment Relations Minister, Jo Swinson announced the government will halve the minimum consultation period employers must take before mass redundancies, a trade union has been forced to ballot their members for industrial action as services contractor Sodexo attempts to evade existing laws on the matter.
Michael "Scrooge" Gove gives a 'turkey' to Head Teachers
19 December 2012
By Roger Jeary
Roger Jeary responds to news that Education Secretary Michael Gove has sent a letter to Head Teachers encouraging them to cut the wages of teachers involved in industrial action
Women's workplace rights: opportunities and threats
19 December 2012
By Preethi Sundaram, The Fawcett Society
The UK is already one of the most lightly regulated markets in the developed world; Fawcett does not believe that deregulating further will inspire growth or keep women adequately protected at work.
Collective redundancy consultation cut a miserable Christmas present to the UK workforce
19 December 2012
By Keith Ewing
President of the IER Keith Ewing writes about the miserable circumstances that could befall many of the UK's workforce this New Year.
Public Sector Equality Duty review launched for all the wrong reasons
19 December 2012
By Carola Towle, UNISON National LGBT Officer
The Public Sector Equality Duty review has been launched too early and is driven by politics, not the thirst for ending discrimination and disadvantage in our society.
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