The Employers' Organisation (EO) for local government ceased operation on 31 March 2006. Content for this website has been archived or transferred to the website of the organisation now responsible for the associated function - either Local Government Employers or IDeA Knowledge.

Local Government Employers (LGE) is the national centre of excellence for local authorities on pay, pensions and employment strategy. Established on 3 April 2006 by the Local Government Association, LGE works with local authorities, regional employers and other bodies to lead and create solutions on pay, pensions and the employment contract, to ensure the provision of excellent and affordable local services. Former EO functions that are now delivered by LGE include:

• pay negotiations
• employment relations
• pensions
• health and safety
• consultancy
• CEEP (European Centre for Enterprises with Public Participation and Services of General Interest)
• Educational psychology postgraduate grant scheme

The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) works in partnership with all councils to enhance the performance of the best, accelerate the speed of improvement of the rest and develop the local government sector as a whole. From 3 April 2006, the IDeA has responsibility for the following work of the former EO:

• People management (HR performance and capacity building)
• Dialog (diversity and equality)
• Workforce development (recruitment & careers, National Graduate Development Programme and skills and development)
• Regional work, to include the regional skills and capacity advisors
• Local Government Pay and Workforce Strategy (in partnership with LGE and DCLG)

You can now find the following online resources on IDeA Knowledge:

• Pay and Workforce Strategy
• Strategic People Management
• Organisational Development
• Diversity
• Talent Management
• Workforce Remodelling
• National graduate development programme (ngdp)
• Productive time