Archives for November 5th, 2007

FIT FOR BUSINESS – TRANSFORMING HR IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Abstracts, PublicNet: 5 November, 2007

This report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development sets out the building blocks needed to create a transformed HR function that will help public sector organisations drive high performance and meet targets. It is based on research across the public sector including Leeds City Council, Health and Safety Executive and HM Revenue and Customs.

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NORTH WEST AUTHORITIES JOIN FORCES TO FIND FAMILIES

Headlines, PublicNet: 5 November, 2007

Councils in the North West of England are to try a groundbreaking approach to finding families for children who need them. Adoption 22 is a collaborative venture by all 22 local authority adoption agencies and of voluntary agencies in the region, which is behind the unusual step of taking space in a national newspaper supplement as a way of breaking what it calls ‘the deadlock for children who are waiting for a home’. The whole of tomorrow’s Guardian Family Supplement will be devoted to adoption and will feature real-life stories and information about adoption, including an interview with the chair of Adoption 22’s steering group, Steve Titcombe, who is head of Children’s Services in Rochdale.

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SALARIES RISING FOR THIRD SECTOR TOP MANAGERS

Headlines, PublicNet: 5 November, 2007

Salaries of Third Sector Chief Executive have passed through the 100,000 pounds marker. The median pay of a Chief Executive in organisations employing over 1000 staff has now reached 103,000 pounds. This survey report from the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations also reveals problems over recruitment and diversity across the sector.

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PUBLIC SECTOR OUTPERFORMS PRIVATE SECTOR IN DISABILITY EQUALITY

Headlines, PublicNet: 5 November, 2007

The public sector is performing well according to a benchmark study by the Employer’s Forum on Disability. In the last year it outperformed the private sector by an average of between 4 to 8 per cent. The study also indicates that the public sector is motivated by a duty to promote disability equality while the private sector, without such a duty, recognizes the overall benefits of pursuing equality and is treating it as a business issue.

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