Public sector

Business

UK employees set to see slip in salary rises in 2024

UK employees can expect lower salary increases as employers reduce hiring plans for 2024, with a widening wage gap seen between private and public sector workers.

12/02/2024

Economy

Northern Ireland: Biggest walkout in years over political deadlock

Tens of thousands of public sector workers walked off the job across Northern Ireland on Thursday to protest the political deadlock that has left them without pay increases, and the region without a functioning government since 2022.

19/01/2024

United Kingdom

Above-inflation pay rise for almost 900,000 UK public sector workers

Doctors and Teachers are set to be the biggest beneficiaries of wage increases as the Chancellor praised the "vital contribution" of all frontline public sector workers during the pandemic.

21/07/2020

France

French public sector goes on strike

Thousands marched across France to protest cuts in public sector and demand better living conditions.

19/03/2019

France

French rail reform enacted despite months of strikes

On Wednesday night most of the reforms President Macron fought for were finally signed into law.

28/06/2018