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Adam McCulloch

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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!

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Discrimination

    Accenture scraps DEI goals globally

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2025

    Accenture has axed its global diversity and inclusion goals after an evaluation of the changing US political landscape.

    • Latest News
    • Discipline and grievances
    • Dismissal

    Balloon worker’s sex discrimination claim falls flat

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Feb 2025

    A male marketing executive's female boss allegedly ‘victimised’ him at a company party by saying a man would not win an award.

    • Neonatal leave
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    New neonatal care leave rules will help 60,000 parents

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Feb 2025

    From 6 April this year about 60,000 new parents will be able to benefit from a right to neonatal care leave.

    • USA
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Google to scrap DEI goals in US

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Feb 2025

    Google owner Alphabet says it will no longer set hiring targets to improve workforce diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)

    • Bonuses
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    BT to remove DEI element from middle managers’ bonuses

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Feb 2025

    BT is scrapping bonus scheme elements that include diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) measures for thousands of middle managers. 

    • Employment law
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Learning providers report surge in DEI rules interest

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Feb 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Feb 2025

    Online guidance on UK law governing diversity, equity and inclusion has seen a huge surge of interest in the wake of President Trump's DEI backlash.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Workplace culture

    Half of Gen Z men believe they are discriminated against

    by Adam McCulloch 31 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 31 Jan 2025

    Nearly half of Gen Z men (45%) believe women’s equal rights have gone far enough.

    • USA
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    President Trump links DEI policy with fatal air crash

    by Adam McCulloch 31 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 31 Jan 2025

    President Trump claimed that one potential underlying reason for the crash was DEI policies and the Democrat party's role in encouraging them.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Latest News

    BBC apologises for failure to deal with Russell Brand’s behaviour

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025

    BBC director of editorial complaints said on Thursday that he had investigated eight complaints about Brand during his review.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • LGBT

    Sharp rise in people identifying as gay and bisexual

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025

    Data is a ‘wake up call’ to those who are rolling back on their commitments to LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion: Stonewall

    • Hybrid working
    • Financial services
    • Latest News

    Barclays tightens working from home rules

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025

    The bank has raised its minimum office attendance requirement to three days a week, up from two days a week.

    • NHS
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    BMA staff ready to strike over pay

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025

    The British Medical Association is facing a walk-out after claims it had underpaid tens of advisers.

    • Financial services
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Capita workers in Manchester and Glasgow go on strike

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jan 2025

    Workers at outsourcer Capita have begun strike action in a dispute over their employer’s refusal to negotiate a pay award for 2024.

    • Age discrimination
    • Latest News
    • Discrimination

    Men more likely to be ageist than women, study finds

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Jan 2025

    A high proportion of people – especially men – believe ageist myths around older workers’ competency and value in the workplace, a new survey has revealed.  

    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    President Trump’s DEI backlash: should HR be worried?

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jan 2025

    Can the DEI agenda survive Donald Trump's attacks and Mark Zuckerberg's comments about the need for more ‘masculinity’?

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