Private or voluntary firms that win outsourcing contracts for public services will be required to offer employees continued access to public sector pensions, the government has said.
An independent Scotland could choose to postpone the next scheduled rise in the UK pension age, reflecting Scotland’s lower average life expectancy, the Scottish Government said in a paper published...
Whitehall’s first attempt to spin out a service into a mutual company is on track to achieve projected savings, but was beset by early delays and governance issues, the National Audit Office said...
The Pensions Regulator has promised ‘to take action if necessary’ to ensure public sector pension schemes are run to high standards following government reforms that will see it assuming oversight of...
Councils in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have had to ‘scramble’ to avoid breaking the law through paying workers less than the National Minimum Wage when it is increased next month, trade...
Nearly one-third of public sector workers are considering returning to work part-time after their retirement due to concerns over how they will be able to cope financially.
School head teachers are now able to link teachers’ pay to performance after education secretary Michael Gove confirmed the extension of this flexibility from academies to maintained schools in...
Scotland’s 32 local authorities have offered council workers a 1% pay rise for 2014/15 on top of the same increase given to staff in the current financial year.
Firefighters have voted to strike over the government’s proposed pension reforms that the Fire Brigades Union has warned could lead to thousands losing their jobs when a change in retirement age is...
The majority of people who are currently entitled to receive the state second pension will lose out when the government abolishes the scheme, a report by the Trades Union Congress has warned.
More people could choose to start receiving their state pension as soon as they are eligible, following planned changes to deferment payments, consultancy Hymans Robertson has warned.
Take home pay in the public sector declined in the three months to the end of July, the fourth consecutive period of decline, according to a survey of earnings.
Charity chief executives have been criticised for ‘fat-cat’ salaries in an age of austerity. But it’s down to trustees – not the Charity Commission – to determine...
Public and voluntary sector employers are more likely to use zero hours contracts than those in the private sector, according to research from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Retained firefighters who were not eligible to join a public sector pension scheme until 2006 are to be allowed to ‘purchase’ contributions for extra years, fire minister Brandon Lewis has announced.
The current system of pension tax reliefs benefits higher earners disproportionately, a report examining the current system by the Pensions Policy Institute has found
Government measures intended to help people save for their retirement are being managed ineffectively and could lead to higher costs for taxpayers in the future, the National Audit Office has found.
Pressure on public sector budgets has led to a rise in zero-hours contracts, particularly in the care sector. The biggest losers are vulnerable service-users and staff on poor pay and insecure hours...
