Two of Baby Peter’s social workers have failed in their attempt to overturn a ruling that they were fairly sacked.

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Thousands of public sector workers go on strike in Norway, in a pay dispute – the first walk-out by state employees since 1984.

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Norwegian workers in rare strike

David Cameron clashes with Labour leader Ed Miliband over proposals to make it easier for businesses to sack workers.

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PM and Miliband clash on sackings

Three decades after private-equity firms transformed American business, American politics is finally catching up — breathless and bewildered. For the past week, the spotlight of the presidential campaign has fallen on Mitt Romney’s 15 years as an executive at the private-equity firm Bain Capital. President Obama has at times portrayed Romney, his likely GOP challenger, as a kind of pinstriped vampire who sucked profits out of hapless companies while factories closed and workers suffered. Read full article > >

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Both parties struggling with how to talk about private-equity industry

BBC Newsline’s Natasha Sayee reports on the opening of the trial of two hotel workers for the murder of Michaela McAreavey.

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VIDEO: Michaela McAreavey trial – the first day

The verdict is due in the trial of two farmworkers accused of killing South Africa’s white supremacist leader Eugene Terreblanche in 2010.

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Terreblanche ‘murder’ verdict due

Some 88% of social workers think cuts are putting vulnerable children’s lives at risk, a survey five years after the death of baby Peter Connolly suggests.

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Wednesday was a day of bipartisan harmony — at least in two congressional panels. In the Senate, a committee passed legislation allowing same-sex spouses of federal workers to receive employment benefits. In the House, subcommittee members on a panel often riven with partisanship took testimony on the Hatch Act and everyone agreed it needs fixing. Read full article > >

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Lawmakers find bipartisan ground on behalf of federal workforce

A Senate committee plans to vote Wednesday on legislation that would give same-sex partners of federal workers some key benefits, a week after President Obama endorsed marriage for same-sex couples. The Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act (S. 1910) is scheduled to go before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee for a vote. Read full article > >

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Senate panel to vote on extending benefits to same-sex partners of LGBT federal workers

The colleges training British workers in Asian cuisine.

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We asked: It’s Public Service Recognition Week (PSRW). Anything special happening in your workplace to honor the efforts of you and your colleagues? How much of a difference do you believe this week can make when it comes to the public’s perception of federal workers? Read full article > >

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Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are taking part in a 24-hour UK-wide strike in a dispute with the government over pension changes.

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Thousands in public sector strike

About 2,500 prison officers in Scotland join a strike of public sector workers despite a voluntary deal between union and management not to strike.

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Scots prison officers join strike

Lunchtime dance craze catches on among Swedish workers

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Malmo rocks to lunchtime dance craze

The Department of Veterans Affairs may need to hire more mental health workers on top of the 1,900 new positions announced last month, VA Secretary Eric Shinseki told a House panel Tuesday. Skinseki made the comments at a hearing before the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee held in response to the release of a report from the VA’s inspector general that found the department has greatly overstated how quickly it provides mental-health care for veterans. Read full article > >

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