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Cuts in the public sector: the 2011 survey

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Source: IRS Employment Review

Date: 07-03-2011

Publisher: IRS

Cuts in the public sector: the 2011 survey

TOPICS:

recruitment	labour market and economy
HR policy and strategy	business challenges
employee relations	employee relations challenges and tools
termination of employment	redundancy

SECTORS:
public services

AUTHOR: Noelle Murphy

Our survey of public sector HR practitioners finds that the overwhelming majority are having to deliver cuts on wage bills and manage redundancy programmes, with more to come in 2011.

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Cutting the wage bill through redundancies
Voluntary versus compulsory redundancies
Redundancy compensation
Continuing redundancies in 2011
Reasons for cutting wage bill
Chart 1: Reasons for cutting wage bill in 2010
Outsourcing to reduce the wage bill
Chart 2: Use of outsourcing to reduce wage bills in 2010
Growth of shared services
Areas where shared services were introduced
Chart 3: Introduction/expansion of shared services to reduce wage bills in 2010
Cutting services
Other cost-cutting measures taken
Chart 4: Other measures taken to reduce wage bills in 2010
Results of cost-cutting measures
Plans for cutting costs in 2011
Chart 5: Steps expected to cut wage bill in 2011
Our research
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