News & Events
News Release – New cushion needed by public sector after big redundancy payouts set to end
Biggest HR concerns include negative effect on surviving staff, bad PR, future recruitment and strike action
White Paper – The Public Sector Recession
According to the latest forecast from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), unemployment levels will rise to almost three million by 2012. It is predicted that this will be due largely to recession in the public sector.
White Paper – Workforce Planning for the Public Sector
Whilst workforce planning is on many organisations’ agendas there is often some confusion about the concept and what demands are being made on HR who are increasingly are being tasked with this as a responsibility.
Paul Robertson to speak at UHR National Conference
Paul Roberston, Head of Practice, has been invited to speak at the Universities Human Resources national conference. The UHR is the professional organisation for Personnel and Human Resources practitioners in UK and Eire universities. This year’s conference is titled “Fit for purpose, fit for the future”.
New Appointment
We are very pleased to announce the arrival of a new member of staff.
Writer/Project Support – John Prydderch
Our editor, Dominic Burgess, leaves Ways HR Consulting on 5 February and plans to expand his horizons by travelling around Europe. We would like to wish him the very best of luck and thank him wholeheartedly for his efforts over the past few years.
New colleagues
We are extremely delighted to announce the arrival two new members of staff.
Senior Consultant – Amanda Gee
Amanda joins us from Opal Property Group where she was Head of Legal Services and Human Resources. Amanda brings with her both extensive HR and legal expertise. She will be taking a lead in developing advice for organisations and staff facing career changes alongside assisting with our Job Family and other consultancy projects.
Outplacement in the Public Sector Survey
Providing an outplacement service for leavers, whilst best practice in the private sector, is now becoming more relevant for the public sector.
As part of our continuous effort to meet our clients’ needs, we would like to request that you complete a short online survey to help us understand the current view of outplacement in the public sector.
Webinar: Introduction to Outplacement for the Public Sector
A free webinar to find out how you can support staff leaving your organisation.
Providing an outplacement service for leavers, whilst best practice in the private sector, is now becoming more relevant for the public sector.
With this free webinar, you can find out what outplacement is and how it works, along with new, cost-effective methods of providing this as a service and why forward-thinking organisations are implementing it.
To be hosted from 9.30am on Wednesday 16th December
SEMINAR: Equal Pay…the challenge continues – 18 November
Paul Robertson, Head of Practice has been invited to speak at Weightmans LLP client seminar “Equal Pay..the challenge continues”. The seminar is free to attend.
- Date: Wednesday, 18 November
- Venue: Weightmans LLP, First Floor, 3 Piccadilly Place Manchester M1 3BN (5 mins from the station)
- Time: 9.30am – 12.15pm
- Breakfast and registration from 9.00am
Attendee numbers are limited so click here to book your free place now.
Webinar: Workforce Planning for the Public Sector – 1 October 2009
What it is and overcoming the barriers
While the reasons for Workforce Planning are widely recognised, it is still something many organisations struggle to put in place.
As organisations come under pressure for financial savings many are now looking to Workforce Planning to deliver these – however managed correctly workforce planning also has the potential to deliver wider organisational benefits.