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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!

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Employment lawyers voice AI fears on tribunal claims

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Sep 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Sep 2025

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

    • Financial services
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Barclays Bank boss warns Reeves over public sector wages

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Sep 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Sep 2025

    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.

    • USA
    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News

    Immigration: ‘Hyundai factory raid is threat to US jobs’

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Sep 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Sep 2025

    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. 

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Immigration

    Immigration: record number of sponsor licences revoked

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Sep 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Sep 2025

    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). 

    • Career paths
    • Careers in HR
    • CIPD

    Movers and shakers in HR: Axa, CIPD, King’s College Hospital NHS trust and more

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Sep 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Sep 2025

    Our pick of recent appointments in HR includes significant shifts at the CIPD and one of the country's leading insurance firms.

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • HR strategy

    Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: HR director of the year

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Sep 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Sep 2025

    The HR Director of the Year award is one of the most coveted prizes in the Personnel Today Awards.

    • Mental health
    • Latest News
    • Wellbeing and health promotion

    Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: Health and wellbeing

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Sep 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Sep 2025

    We profile the work done by all our finalists in the Personnel Today Awards 2025 health and wellbeing category.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Discipline and grievances

    Decision to sack man for Michael Jackson noises unfair, finds tribunal

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2025

    Employer did not establish a link between the ‘juvenile, inappropriate’ noises and the claim from a colleague of racism.

    • Latest News
    • Executive recruitment
    • Leadership

    UK large companies’ succession planning is weak – research

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2025

    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.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Local authorities
    • Disability discrimination

    Council clerk sacked after trying to ensure his employer was insured

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2025

    Senior council members accused Mr Trevaskis of ‘scaremongering’ and he was warned by the council leader not to send similar emails again.

    • Scotland
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Four-day working week trial in Scotland’s public sector boosts morale

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2025

    A public sector four-day working week trial in Scotland has seen an increase in productivity and improvements in staff well-being.

    • London
    • Bonuses
    • Legal sector

    City law firm freezes junior lawyers’ pay to boost bonuses

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Aug 2025

    A prominent City law firm has frozen junior lawyer salaries to help fund higher bonuses for more experienced associates and partners.

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • Personnel Today Awards

    Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: Employee Experience Award

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Aug 2025

    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

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Gender
    • Disability

    Exec hauled over coals for sleeping in sauna wins tribunal case

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025

    Shannon Burns’ claims for failure to make reasonable adjustments and discrimination arising from disability succeeded.

    • NHS
    • Personnel Today
    • Local authorities

    Immigration: huge fall in health and care worker visas

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2025

    There were 20,519 health and care worker visas granted to main applicants in the year ending June 2025.

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