Former business secretary and COP26 president Alok Sharma has dismissed allegations that he consistently bullied civil servants.
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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The letter, sent at the start of April, asked staff who “would like to consider potentially leaving the BBC under voluntary redundancy” to hold discussions with HR.
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The UK is among a small proportion of OECD countries that have still to achieve the same workforce participation rates as before the pandemic.
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There are significant gaps in perceptions around pay equity between senior leaders within organisations and their employee bases.
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Nearly two in five UK mothers are unable to return to work because of the cost of childcare.
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Managing directors must work in the office full time, JPMorgan Chase has told staff; Gartner warns against strict return to office policies.
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Fears over data security causes SD Worx to suspend IT systems at UK and Ireland division.
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The EU Retained Law Bill, which, according to unions and some politicians, is a threat to employee rights in the UK, is said to have been stalled by the government.
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Care home staff often worked extra hours without extra pay during the pandemic, new research has found.
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What does Succession, the hit HBO show, tell us about HR … or its absence?
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P&O Ferries is now looking at cutting 60 managerial UK posts with a further 60 being shifted into new roles.
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Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said it is ‘nonsensical’ that he lacks the power to sack officers.
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From tomorrow (1 April 2023), all rates of the national minimum wage, including the national living wage, will increase.
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Tea drones, robots, fresh food growing on walls … futurists have their say on the future of the office.
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Talks aimed at merging the Transport Salaried Staffs’ Association (TSSA) with the GMB union have ended.