Better social protection for Spanish civil servants
An agreement has been signed between the government, the mutual insurance company for public employees (Muface) and four private insurers. In addition to providing free health care and new preventive measures, it will help make better care available to those living in sparsely-populated areas without healthcare centres. The Spanish central government will finance this action by itself, via a 4.5% increase in its employer contributions.
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Professionalisation of the HR function in the Australian public service
As part of planned civil service reforms and given its strategic role, the HR function will be the first to benefit from a process of professionalisation. A group of experts has been established within the GovTeam community to identify and share best practices and assist in drafting future statutory regulations and organisational texts.
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A single, shared and independent professional adviser in southwest France
Six département management centres in the Occitanie region have grouped together to hire a single professional to act as an adviser in three areas (ethics, whistleblowing and separation of church and state). The adviser is a former financial judge from a regional audit office; his status as a person "external" to the local authority is perceived as a guarantee of neutrality by staff, who also appreciate having a single point of contact.
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