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Jo Faragher

Jo Faragher
Jo Faragher has been an employment and business journalist for 20 years. She regularly contributes to Personnel Today and writes features for a number of national business and membership magazines. Jo is also the author of 'Good Work, Great Technology', published in 2022 by Clink Street Publishing, charting the relationship between effective workplace technology and productive and happy employees. She won the Willis Towers Watson HR journalist of the year award in 2015 and has been highly commended twice.
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Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: Workplace culture (smaller employers)
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherWe profile the achievements of shortlisted companies in this year's award for workplace culture (smaller employers).Â
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A trainee doctor has filed a legal claim against NHS Education for Scotland after she was told to stop displaying a Palestinian flag at work.
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The job market for graduates is in a ‘white-collar recession’, according to the boss of one of the largest UK recruitment sites.
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Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Jerry Greenfield has left the ice-cream manufacturer in protest at patent company Unilever’s decision to stop its social activism.
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Sky will cut around 600 jobs and redeploy 300 others as it ‘reshapes’ its business to compete with other streaming services.
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Almost half of employees say that work-life balance is their most important priority, according to a poll by Reward Gateway|Edenred.
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HR teams are often the driving force behind successful transformations, ensuring that people are at the centre of decisions that...
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A third of UK employers are using ‘bossware’ to track their employees, according to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute.
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As many as 100,000 jobs could be at risk if the government goes ahead with plans to increase business rates, according to the British Retail Consortium.
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For many involved with the survey, the pandemic had prompted a reappraisal of attitudes towards work and work-life balance.
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Lobby groups hoping that the Employment Rights Bill will be shelved or materially changed are likely to be in for a disappointment, according to legal experts.
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Gregg Wallace has launched legal action against the BBC after his dismissal from MasterChef, according to filings with the High Court.
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Only four in 10 employees would feel comfortable talking about suicide with a colleague, according to new data from MHFA England.
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There needs to be a ‘step-change’ in how employers manage and prevent employee sickness, according to the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM).