Harrods has acknowledged that it ‘failed’ its employees during the time Mohamed Al Fayed owned the business, from 1985-2010.
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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More than 2,000 jobs are at risk as ISG, which is among the UK’s largest construction contractors, fell into administration.
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Clothes retailer Next could be forced to close stores after losing a landmark legal battle over equal pay.
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Marking and lesson planning are two of the tasks that teachers could carry out away from their usual workplace under the plans.
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Members of Aslef, the train drivers' union, accepted an offer that included a 5% backdated pay rise for 2022-23, a 4.75% rise for 23-24, and a 4.5% increase for 2024-25.
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New figures show a further decline in the number of students joining nursing courses in England and Wales.
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A new record high proportion of employers – 89% – now promote their support for working parents with paternity leave...
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The Act, which comes into force on 26 October, creates a legal duty for employers to ensure they protect workers from third-party sexual harassment.
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Firm at the heart of the Post Office Horizon scandal will not offer pay increases to staff this year.
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Almost 95% of voting workers rejected the proposed Boeing contract and 96% approved the work stoppage.
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The moves are meant to ‘reduce costs in Germany to a competitive level’ as the market for electric vehicles evolves.
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Lloyd's management is now consulting on a new framework for dealing with behaviour aimed at ensuring better alignment with firms’ own internal HR and disciplinary processes.
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A Metropolitan Police constable has been dismissed for using antisemitic language at work after colleagues reported his unacceptable behaviour.
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About 400 jobs will be lost at Grangemouth, Scotland’s only oil refinery, which is to close by the summer of 2025.
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Employment specialists have their say on the Tesco v Usdaw fire and rehire verdict.