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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!

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    2024: the year’s biggest news in employment and HR

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Dec 2024

    The arrival of the first Labour government for 14 years ushered in a host of changes for employers.

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Recruitment remains healthy despite fall in postings, says REC

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Dec 2024

    Recruitment fears over costs proved unfounded in November, found the latest REC/Lightcast labour market tracker.

    • Police
    • Ethics
    • Criminal records

    Post Office scandal police probe to draw in employees, lawyers and civil servants

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Dec 2024

    One hundred police officers are now working on a criminal investigation of current and past Post Office employees, civil servants and lawyers.

    • Latest News
    • Manufacturing
    • Economics, government & business

    Wind turbine maker sheds 300 jobs on Isle of Wight

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Dec 2024

    One of the Isle of Wight's leading employers, wind turbine maker Vestas, has said it will cut 300 jobs at its Isle of Wight factory.

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Budget cited as reason for recruitment decline

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Dec 2024

    The latest Recruitment and Employment Confederation/KPMG report on labour market trends found the Budget in late October had led to a reassessment of staffing need by clients.

    • Offices
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Flush away recruitment problems – just don’t waste work time

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024

    Recruiters make pioneering use of toilet paper while a nicotine pouch company from Scandinavia tells us Brits to stop drinking so much tea at work.

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment law

    The 10 strangest employment tribunal cases of 2024

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024

    From seemingly throwaway remarks to out-of-the-blue dismissals, here are 10 of the more bizarre and unusual employment tribunal cases from 2024.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Agency workers
    • Zero hours

    Recruiters issue ‘urgent warning’ over Employment Rights Bill

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Dec 2024

    As key consultations on the Employment Rights Bill draw to a close, the recruiters' body warned that the Bill was 'undercooked' and needed changing.

    • Civil Service
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    • Economics, government & business

    Keir Starmer: ’too many in Whitehall are comfortable’

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Dec 2024

    The prime minister has raised the issue of public sector productivity and put pressure on civil servants to become ‘mission-led’.

    • Career paths
    • Latest News
    • Movers and shakers

    Movers and shakers: appointments at Lloyd’s, YPO and more

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Dec 2024

    Our winter 2024 round-up of movers and shakers includes significant appointments at Lloyd's of London, Nottingham Building Society and YPO.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Latest News
    • HR Technology

    New warning over use of AI as ‘emotional recognition’ arrives

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Dec 2024

    The Data on Our Minds report sounds the alarm over algorithmic affect management, which could lead to the use of AI surveillance in the workplace.

    • Corporate governance
    • Employee engagement
    • Ethics

    Employees drawn into unethical practices by immoral workplace cultures

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Dec 2024

    Research introduces the concept of ‘organisational moral disengagement’, which explains how companies enable unethical practices that harm clients, communities and the environment.

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Lawyers warn Employment Rights Bill could ‘swamp business’

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Dec 2024

    A professional body for employment lawyers has told the government that its Employment Rights Bill, without amendments, would ‘swamp business’...

    • Department for Education
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    • Economics, government & business

    Ministers urged to show how target for 6,500 new teachers can be hit

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Dec 2024

    Government plans to recruit 6,500 new teachers would require a salary increase of nearly 10% a year for three years,...

    • Offices
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Cuddles and petting in the office. But not with humans

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Nov 2024

    If there isn't an appropriate humanoid at hand to cuddle (remaining aware at all times of the newly enacted Worker Protection Act 2023) – then what about a dog?

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