Unions have reacted with fury at reports the long-awaited Employment Bill will not be announced during the Queen’s Speech in...
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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A boxer who sustained a head injury during a fight has lost his claim for disability discrimination against Scottish Power.
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Civil service union PCS has called a pay rise for civil servants of 2% to 3% “derisory” and an “insult to members who helped to keep the country running during the pandemic”.
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The government will publish a new statutory code on ‘fire and rehire’ tactics in a bid to clamp down on unscrupulous employers.
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Demand for professionals to fill learning and development jobs has almost doubled as businesses turn to training to retain employees.
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Nursery chain Bright Horizons has just announced a £10m investment in recruitment, retention and training. HR director Janine Leightley tells Personnel Today why this is important.
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Today marks exactly two years since the government announced the first Covid-19 lockdown, when millions of UK employees were told...
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P&O Ferries has claimed it did not break the law by making 800 staff redundant without consultation or warning last week.
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A new industry forum has launched to support neurodiversity at work.
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A group of Labour MPs has written to business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng urging him to launch legal action against P&O...
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Employees at Meta are up in arms after it informed staff on that it would be cutting down on perks such as free laundry, dry cleaning and a free evening dinner.
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Department for Work and Pensions closures could place 1,100 jobs at risk
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Childcare costs: One in three preschool parents spend a third of wages
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherChildcare costs can be more than a third of wages for around one in three preschool parents
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Up to one in five recruits are dropping out of some police forces during their probation period
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority has proposed changes to its rules that would explicitly require law firms to challenge employees who...