Home truths

With reference to “Home and dry”, I was surprised that the Home Office, with its inefficient ratio of one HR employee to every 50 staff, was referred to as “good HR practice”.Given that the transformation started three years ago and a shared service centre has been established, the HR to employee ratio seems very high.
 

It’s untenable to have a normal retirement age in public-sector schemes that is significantly different from the state retirement age

Brian Bailey, Director of pensions, West Midlands Pension Fund and member of High Pay Commission