Newly announced Prime Minister Liz Truss is considering a radical overhaul of workers’ rights including a review of the 48-hour working week.
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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The Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) will take Deliveroo to the Supreme Court over collective bargaining rights.
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Civil service union FDA has hit back against accusations from Jacob Rees-Mogg that staff are using flexible working arrangements to...
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UK organisations need to perform a right to work check to ensure applicants are eligible for employment before they can...
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The government’s response to the PAC’s criticisms of IR35 reforms has been branded as ‘predictable’.
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Two out of five workers from black and minority ethnic backgrounds experience racism at work, according to research from the TUC.
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The Office of Tax Simplification has launched a consultation into the tax status of remote and hybrid workers.
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A think tank has called for a series of radical reforms to how British police forces recruit, train and manage...
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A female underwriter has won her case for sex discrimination after her boss made lewd comments about her breasts.
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FTSE 100 chief executives’ pay rose by 39% to a median of £3.4 million in 2021, according to research by...
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HMRC employee without driving licence wins disability discrimination claim
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherAn HMRC worker has won his claim for disability discrimination and indirect discrimination after he was rejected for a role because he did not have a driving licence.Â
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Workers face an even higher drop in real-terms wages as inflation hit 10.1% in July, according to the latest consumer...
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The cost of living crisis has driven one in three workers to consider moving employers, according to a survey by job site Reed.co.uk.
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Big four consulting firm PwC has announced it will no longer require a 2:1 degree class or higher from its graduate recruits.
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Graduate salaries have increased at a record rate this year, according to the Institute of Student Employers.