Vivergo faces closure as government decides not to support industry in wake of US trade deal.
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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Seedy Fofana succeeded in his harassment-related-to-race claim, but his claim for direct race discrimination failed.
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The Accounts Commission showed the absence rate among non-teacher staff rose to an average of 13.9 days in 2023-24 compared with 10.8 in 2010-11.
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There are 326,068 jobs for contract workers listed on Adzuna, the job search engine, a fifth more than at the beginning of April.
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‘Not all DVS providers make it clear that no statutory excuse is being established when they carry out right to work checks on foreign nationals.’
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The government is being urged to ringfence its planned Growth and Skills Levy funding of higher and degree apprenticeships, to narrow the skills gap employers are experiencing.
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The government has renewed its pledge of a ‘genuine’ living wage and says the cost of living will be at the heart of decisions on setting its level.
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The move triggered alarm across Wall Street, with investors expressing concern that interference in official statistics could erode confidence in US markets.
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An Office of Budget Responsibility official has published an essay in support of the government’s efforts to reduce net immigration and boost the homegrown workforce.
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Northern Ireland prison officer was subject to harassment by his boss in an English institution over family links to the IRA and his accent.
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With all that's wrong with the world at present the Personnel Today office agreed that Gen Z could be forgiven the odd vacant judgmental stare at their older colleagues.
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Pat McFadden, the chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and the minister responsible for civil service reform, said that Whitehall needed to reflect the broader community.
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A third of job applicants were concerned about AI potentially failing their applications, and a quarter said they trusted employers less if they were using AI to evaluate their information.