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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!

    • Zero hours
    • Hospitality
    • Employment law

    ‘Labour’s plans will lead to greater security for those on lower pay’

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Sep 2024

    The government's plans 'have the potential to make real inroads in the problem of insecurity at work, and would particularly benefit low-paid workers'.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Hybrid working
    • Disability discrimination

    Equality watchdog: new guidance on disabled employees and hybrid working

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Sep 2024

    The EHRC has issued new guidance on how best support disabled employees with hybrid workers.

    • NHS
    • Employment law
    • Local authorities

    TUC calls for a Public Services Workforce Commission

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Sep 2024

    A public services workforce commission that would bring together unions, employers and academics to fix the UK's ‘broken public realm’ has been proposed.

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Retail

    Amazon raises minimum pay rates in UK by 10%

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Sep 2024

    Retail giant Amazon has awarded a pay deal for its tens of thousands of UK employees worth nearly 10%.

    • Employment law
    • Disability
    • Disability discrimination

    Justice department to pay out £27,000 after disability ruling

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Sep 2024

    Employment judge Bedeau found Hulya Findik’s claims of discrimination because of a failure in the duty to make reasonable adjustments to be well-founded.

    • Carers
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Women in the North are worst paid in England

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Sep 2024

    The average weekly wage for a full-time working woman in Yorkshire and the Humber was £567, much lower than the national average.

    • Latest News
    • Immigration

    Overseas workers: sponsor licences up 300% on 2020 level

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Sep 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Sep 2024

    While immigration is falling, particularly among health and care workers, new figures show a large increase over the past three years in sponsor licences issued.

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Four-day week

    Government rejects four-day week accusations

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Aug 2024

    The government has denied it has any plan to impose any plan to impose a four-day week on business.

    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Hybrid working
    • Bullying and harassment

    Hybrid work discrimination claim fails at tribunal

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Aug 2024

    Tribunal rules against female legal secretary with disability who wanted to continue working at home.

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    TUC poll: most zero-hours workers prefer regular hours

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Aug 2024

    The poll of zero-hours contract workers commissioned by the TUC revealed that 84% wanted regular hours of work – compared to just 14% who did not.

    • Latest News
    • Manufacturing
    • Economics, government & business

    2,000 workers apply for voluntary redundancy at Tata Steel in Wales

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2024

    Tata Steel said it had begun assessing whether those who had expressed an interest in taking redundancy were in roles that could be closed.

    • Right to work
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    Two-thirds of migrant nursing staff thinking of leaving UK over costs

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2024

    A new Royal College of Nursing (RCN) report has claimed that two-thirds of migrant nursing staff are considering leaving the UK because of the cost of living.

    • Latest News
    • Education - further and higher
    • Recruitment & retention

    UK employers downgrade importance of educational qualifications

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Aug 2024

    New research has revealed that nearly two-thirds of UK employers now consider educational qualifications less important when hiring, signalling a significant shift in the job market.

    • Right to work
    • NHS
    • Carers

    Steep visa fall to trigger ‘skills catastrophe’ for health and social care

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Aug 2024

    Personnel Today asks whether the new wage threshold and dependants ban are working only too well – and may cause lasting damage to health services.

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Immigration

    Huge rise in cancelled sponsor licences for overseas workers

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Aug 2024

    In the second quarter of 2024 some 1,023 skilled worker licences were suspended (524) or revoked (499). Last year's figure for the same quarter was 117 suspended (89) or revoked (28).

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