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Public sector ''will have to adapt to new ways of working''

7 February 2011
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Public sector ''will have to adapt to new ways of working''The UK's public sector will have to find different ways of working as staff numbers are reduced as part of efforts to curtail the country's budget deficit, it has been claimed.

Associated director of policy at the Work Foundation Stephen Overell suggested employees will have to examine their operations management policies as they are required to assume the workloads of colleagues being made redundant.

"Health services and local authorities are making very big cuts in their workforces - these services have often been built up for a long period of time and they can't just disappear," he explained.

Mr Overell noted this will mean "people have to work in different ways" in order to cover for members of staff who have been lost, which could increase work intensity and stress.

His remarks come after a poll by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development found 31 per cent of individuals working for the public sector are worried about losing their jobs.ADNFCR-3058-ID-800388730-ADNFCR
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