AI-generated claims were often lengthy and included inaccuracies or irrelevant arguments, all of which required a detailed response from employers.
Adam McCulloch

Adam McCulloch
Adam McCulloch first worked for Personnel Today magazine in the early 1990s as a sub editor. He rejoined Personnel Today as a writer in 2017, covering all aspects of HR but with a special interest in diversity, social mobility and industrial relations. He has ventured beyond the HR realm to work as a freelance writer and production editor in sectors including travel (The Guardian), aviation (Flight International), agriculture (Farmers' Weekly), music (Jazzwise), theatre (The Stage) and social work (Community Care). He is also the author of KentWalksNearLondon. Adam first became interested in industrial relations after witnessing an exchange between Arthur Scargill and National Coal Board chairman Ian McGregor in 1984, while working as a temp in facilities at the NCB, carrying extra chairs into a conference room!
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Venkatakrishnan said that, while the government needed to restrict rising public sector wages, the inflationary impact of pay rises was an issue across the UK economy.
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Hyundai's chief executive José Muñoz says raid will delay the factory's opening by at least two months, as the company needs to find new workers to finish the job.Â
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Between July 2024 and June 2025, 1,948 licences allowing companies to bring in migrant workers were revoked – more than double the number in the previous 12 months (937).Â
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Employer did not establish a link between the ‘juvenile, inappropriate’ noises and the claim from a colleague of racism.
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A lack of succession planning has led most of the UK’s largest listed companies to chose external candidates as their new chief executive, a trend not seen elsewhere in Europe or in the US.
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Senior council members accused Mr Trevaskis of ‘scaremongering’ and he was warned by the council leader not to send similar emails again.
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A public sector four-day working week trial in Scotland has seen an increase in productivity and improvements in staff well-being.
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A prominent City law firm has frozen junior lawyer salaries to help fund higher bonuses for more experienced associates and partners.
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The judges were impressed by the scope and ambition of each of our entrants’ measures to improve morale, encourage cultural shifts and establish clearer strategic goals
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Shannon Burns’ claims for failure to make reasonable adjustments and discrimination arising from disability succeeded.
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There were 20,519 health and care worker visas granted to main applicants in the year ending June 2025.