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Adam McCulloch

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!

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    GMB union accepts NHS pay offer

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    Members of the GMB union have voted to accept the government’s 5% pay offer for NHS staff.

    • Brexit
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    • Economics, government & business

    EU law bill set to stall as unions warn over workers’ rights

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    The UK government has reportedly decided to radically scale back its plans to scrap or review EU laws by the end of this year.

    • Latest News
    • Holidays and holiday pay
    • Flexible working

    Employees prefer flexible bank holiday time off

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    As the UK enters a month with three bank holidays, nearly three-quarters of UK workers are in favour of flexible bank holidays, new research has shown.

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Trade unions

    Unions announce new rail strikes

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    Rail workers will walk out over four days, as the RMT and Aslef unions criticise the train operators' latest pay offer

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Employment law

    High Court halts full nurses’ strike

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2023

    High court judges have imposed an injunction to stop the forthcoming nurses strike in England, as requested by the UK government, in lieu of a full hearing taking place.

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

    House of Lords setback for Strikes Bill

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2023

    The House of Lords has voted to support an amendment to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. 

    • Artificial intelligence
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    • Employment law

    Unions, lawyers and think tanks warn about lack of AI safeguards

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Apr 2023

    Pressure is growing on ministers to set up safeguards to protect employees from the misuse of artificial technology in the workplace.

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Trade unions

    Hundreds of UK Amazon staff take strike action

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023

    Hundreds of Amazon workers in Coventry are on day two of a three-day strike in a dispute over pay.

    • Civil Service
    • Workplace culture
    • Latest News

    Alok Sharma denies bullying allegations from civil servants

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023

    Former business secretary and COP26 president Alok Sharma has dismissed allegations that he consistently bullied civil servants.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Redundancy letters at BBC were ‘standard HR exercise’

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023

    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.

    • Latest News
    • Labour market
    • Global HR

    OECD reports record workforce participation rates

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2023

    The UK is among a small proportion of OECD countries that have still to achieve the same workforce participation rates as before the pandemic.

    • Gender pay gap
    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits

    HR must work to close the pay equity perception gap

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2023

    There are significant gaps in perceptions around pay equity between senior leaders within organisations and their employee bases.

    • Childcare
    • Latest News
    • Maternity and paternity

    Childcare costs prevent mothers from working

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2023

    Nearly two in five UK mothers are unable to return to work because of the cost of childcare.

    • Financial services
    • Working from home
    • Hybrid working

    JPMorgan Chase tells leaders to spend more time in the office

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Apr 2023

    Managing directors must work in the office full time, JPMorgan Chase has told staff; Gartner warns against strict return to office policies.

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • HR software
    • Payroll software

    Payroll giant SD Worx hit by cyberattack

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Apr 2023

    Fears over data security causes SD Worx to suspend IT systems at UK and Ireland division.

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