Employers' Organisation to be abolished

The Local Government Association will abolish the Employers' Organisation for local government with effect from 1 April 2006.

The EO's work on local government pay, conditions of service issues and pensions will be transferred to the Local Government Association, while workforce improvement functions will be integrated into the Improvement and Development Agency.

EO Director Rob Pinkham is to leave at the end of June and a review of the EO's work is to be led by John Ransford, currently the LGA’s Director of Education and Social Policy.

In statement, the EO said that it would 'like to reassure our many stakeholders, partners and customers that we will continue to provide our existing services as normal for the foreseeable future, and that they will be notified of any proposed modifications as and when these are brought forward'.

  • Review of the Employers' Organisation for local government  Read the announcement on the Employers' Organisation for local government website.

  • Restructuring of the Employers' Organisation   Read Unison's response to the move, on the union's website.

  • Local government Employers' Organisation scrapped    Personneltoday.com reports.

    Also

    EO scrapped over handling of pay talks   Personnel Today's Daniel Thomas reports.

    Employers' associations in focus Writing in IRS Employment Review, Janet Egan compares the employment-related services provided by the Employers' Organisation for local government and the British Hospitality Association.