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PS pension scheme can’t payZAMBIA Retirees from the Zambian Public Service may miss out on their lump sum benefits following the announcement that their PS ...more... Other Stories INTERNATIONAL PS fraud on the rise Fraud in the public sector was on the increase all over the world according to a new international survey ...more... KENYA Crackdown on private work in PS Public Servants in Kenya have been told to relinquish any private businesses they owned and close any overseas bank ...more... UNITED STATES Retiree backlog to be cleared The United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM) has announced that a backlog of more than 48,000 pension ...more... MALAYSIA Anger over payrise imbalance Public Servants in Malaysia are up in arms over a new pay structure they say is unfair to lower paid staff ...more... UNITED KINGDOM Record losses of IT staff The numbers of public sector IT staff in the United Kingdom were reduced by 5,000 in 2011 – the largest reduction in 25 years ...more... SOUTH AFRICA Government jobs growth soars Public Service employment is growing four times faster than overall employment in South Africa, a new survey has found ...more... ZIMBABWE Mixed messages over PS strike Controversy reigns over whether a one-day strike by Zimbabwe Public Service unions achieved its objectives ...more... IRELAND Strong response to cost-cutting call More than 1,000 ideas on how to save money have been sent in to the Irish Government ...more... And From the World in Brief... News from Ireland, Hungary, China, Scotland, Isle Of Man ...more... ![]() Visit the International News Archives |
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