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Publications

• Advisory Bulletins

  The advisory bulletin provides a monthly update on legislative and case law developments, and guidance on how they impact on local authorities.

  

• Briefing note: The new Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) process and the workforce

  The proposals for the CAA framework for local services are now out for consultation and will replace the current Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) and Joint Area Reviews from 2009.

  

• Common mental health problems: support school staff by taking positive action

  This booklet seeks to provide information on common mental health issues in a school setting, how to comply with the appropriate legislation and what support can be offered to those who are experiencing problems.

  

• Compensation, severance and redundancy payments: guide for practitioners

  Fully revised and updated, this new edition is essential reading for all HR staff, payroll specialists and pension managers. It is the only compensation, severance and redundancy payments guide written specifically for local government in England and Wales.

  

• Employment relations e-guides

  Extensive guidance on a variety of employment law topics available to download for local authorities and subscribers

  

• Finding the balance: work-life policies in practice (2001)

  This guidance, produced by the National Joint Council for Local Government Services, local government employers and trade unions, aims to support people in working together constructively to develop local solution to local issues, in a service and employee responsive way.

  

• It's people, stupid... elected leaders delivering through people

  In this publication, we speak to seven elected leaders on the ingredients of workforce success in their councils. The interviews highlight the importance of elected leaders playing a proactive but carefully judged role in workforce issues.

  

• Job evaluation scheme training resource pack

  Training resource pack (on CD-Rom), produced to accompany the Single Status Job Evaluation Scheme in the Green book.

• LGPS guides and booklets

  The Local Government Pensions Committee (LGPC) has produced a variety of guides and leaflets for funds to use. Authorities administering the LGPS are free to download and personalise the guides and leaflets for their own use and the use of employers in their fund.

  

• Local government workforce strategy 2007

  Launched by the LGA Group, the 2010 strategy sets out the priority actions the LGA Group is taking nationally to tackle councils' critical shared workforce challenges. It also provides a framework for councils to review what actions they are taking locally to tackle their most important workforce challenges.

  

• Local government workforce strategy: update Spring/Summer 2009

  This booklet provides an overview of the progress that has been made since the latest version of the English Local Government Workforce Strategy was launched in November 2007.

  

• The prevention and management of sickness absence (2007)

  Sickness absence continues to be a significant issue for local government. The Gershon review has highlighted the reduction of sickness absence as a means of making efficiency savings and increasing productivity.

• Respect and protect: respect, recruitment and retention

  A publication to highlight a campaign to recruit and retain child social workers

  

• School support staff: the way forward

  National guidance containing model job profiles, employment good practice and advice on training and development of school support staff, agreed by the NJC for Local Government Services.

  

• Social enterprises and staff mutuals

  This guide concentrates on the main employment issues for councils and offers practical guidance in responding to employee requests to deliver local services.

  

• Support for councils on internal workforce issues: April 2009 to March 2010

  This guide outlines the support provided by the LGA Group to help authorities to identify their critical internal workforce issues and to put effective programmes of action in place to address them.

  

• Teachers' pensions bulletins

  Bi-monthly bulletins produced by the LGE's teachers' pensions team, providing updates on LGE's work on teacher's pensions and developments in the Teachers' Pension Scheme

  

• Unblocking the route to equal pay in local government

  LGE has published a major report about the nature and extent of the equal pay problem facing councils. The report looks at how the costs of equal pay might be met and sets out some suggested processes designed to ensure that locally negotiated agreements are not undermined by litigation.

  

• Work-related stress: a guide

  Jointly produced by CEEP UK, the Federation for Private Business, the Confederation of British Industry and the Trade Union Congress in conjunction with HSE and DTI.

  

Pay and conditions handbooks

• Blue book

  The Soulbury Committee determines the pay and conditions for approximately 10,500 staff including educational improvement professionals, educational psychologists and young people's/community service managers.

• Burgundy book

  The Burgundy Book sets out national conditions of service for school teachers in England and Wales and is an essential reference document for schools.

• Chief executives' handbook

  National salary framework and conditions of service for local authority chief executives

• Chief officers' handbook

  Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officers in Local Authorities handbook

• Blind workshops' employees handbook

  National Joint Council for Workshops for the Blind - scheme of conditions of service

• Gold book

  Gold book - National Joint Council for Brigade Managers of Fire and Rescue Services, Constitution and scheme of conditions of service

• Green book

  National agreement on pay and conditions of service for local government services

• Grey book

  Grey book - National Joint Council For Local Authorities' Fire Brigades, Scheme of conditions of service - sixth edition

• Orange book

  Report of the Joint Negotiating Committee for Teachers in Residential Establishments

• Pink book

  Report of the Joint Negotiating Committee for Youth and Community Workers

• Red book

  Includes the full, current agreements of the Joint Negotiating Committee for Local Authority Craft and Associated Employees.