Public Sector News

Private vs. public sector workers
Why are both sectors earning so little? In response to Andrew Taylor’s article in The Seattle Times regarding private sector versus federal-worker compensation [“Earnings of many federal workers top private sector,” News, Jan. 31].

PM Stresses Role Of Frontline Public Sector Staff
KUANTAN, Feb 4 (Bernama) -- Frontline staff in the public sector have to be effective and responsive at all times to ensure that the public does not have a negative perception of the government, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today.

Public Sector Pension Reforms 'Fruitless'
The Government's latest controversial public sector pension reforms are unlikely to save money in the long-term, according to an influential think-tank.A report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) ...

Calif. city is recovering from bankruptcy
In order to bounce back from financial ruin, the people of Vallejo, California had to find common ground

Calif. town is recovering from bankruptcy
Facing financial ruin, the town of Vallejo in California had to find common ground between city its employees and officials

iomart Group plc Calls on UK Government to Make Kitemark for Child Online Safety Compulsory for Public Sector
GLASGOW, Scotland, February 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --iomart Group plc, one of the UK's leading Web hosting companies, is today calling on the UK Government to insist that all public sector organisations ...

Public and Private Sector Leaders to Discuss U.S. Science Education Reform
In the U.S. today, 3 million jobs, predominantly related to science, technology, engineering and math expertise, remain unfilled due to lack of a properly trained workforce. According to public and private sector leaders, including The Dow Chemical Company , the U.S.

Public sector pension reforms 'make no saving'
The reform of public-sector pensions will make "little or no difference" to the amount they cost the state, an analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies has concluded.

So the student loans chief is let off tax, while the rest of us pay | Nick Brown
News that Ed Lester is paid via a company undermines coalition rhetoric about tackling tax avoidance The coalition agreement stated that the government would "make every effort to tackle tax avoidance, including detailed development of Liberal Democrat proposals". On Newsnight last night it was revealed that the Lib Dem proposals included tax avoidance by senior public sector employees. Ed ...

Unions threaten fresh strike over public sector pensions
The Government is facing fresh strikes by public sector workers because of continued resistance to controversial changes to their pensions, it emerged today.