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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!

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Dismissal

    Will Labour’s New Deal lead to overwhelmed tribunals?

    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 May 2024

    Labour's current plans could cause a spike in legal disputes against employers, claims employment lawyers.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • Manufacturing

    Community union votes for Tata Steel strike

    by Adam McCulloch 10 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 10 May 2024

    Community members vote for Tata steel strike over blast furnace closures and redundancy terms.

    • Latest News
    • Retail
    • Pay & benefits

    Lidl to match Aldi on hourly pay from June

    by Adam McCulloch 10 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 10 May 2024

    Lidl GB has announced that, from 1 June, it is increasing pay for hourly-paid employees to a minimum of £12.40 across the country, up from £12.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Education - school

    Education secretary links pupil absences with working from home

    by Adam McCulloch 10 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 10 May 2024

    Schools are facing ‘major challenges’ as parents pull their children out of class for holidays and long weekends.

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Performance-related pay to be trialled for senior civil servants

    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024

    New measures that will see senior civil servants receiving performance-related pay have been announced by the government.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employment law

    Labour to target sexual harassment of interns and volunteers

    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024

    Labour says it will extend its sexual harassment proposals to cover interns and volunteers.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Manchester United co-owner signals end of work-from-home policy

    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024

    Sir Jim Ratcliffe says productivity, unity and collaboration will increase if people work together at all times and that those who didn't want to work on the club's premises should leave.

    • Financial services
    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses

    TSB to cut 250 jobs and close more branches

    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 May 2024

    Trade union Unite has called TSB’s decision to axe 250 jobs and close 36 branches a ‘grave mistake’.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Talks between unions and Tata break down over redundancy

    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024

    Unite, GMB and Community unions break off talks with Tata over the Port Talbot site with voluntary redundancy terms a key obstacle.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    IBM points to need for more female leadership of AI

    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024

    Women need to play a major role in the development of AI at organisations, the chief executive of IBM UK & Ireland has said.

    • Candidate experience
    • Competencies
    • Latest News

    Josh Bersin: talent acquisition risks being cut off from company strategy

    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024

    Talent acquisition teams increasingly feel disconnected from company strategy and are being forced only to advise on ways of reducing costs.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Sex discrimination

    Could ‘microfeminism’ help achieve real change?

    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 3 May 2024

    We now have “micro-feminism” – a TikTok trend “empowering women and fighting gender inequality in tiny steps”.

    • Bonuses
    • Financial services
    • Compensation

    Goldman Sachs removes bonus cap for London employees

    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024

    Goldman Sachs is set to remove its bonus cap for London-based staff, allowing some of its workers to once again pick up multimillion pound payouts.

    • Zero hours
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Unions warn Labour not to ‘water down’ New Deal for Workers

    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024

    The UK’s second largest union, Unite, has issued a fresh warning to the Labour party not to dilute its proposed New Deal for Workers.

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Civil servants union seeks to halt Rwanda plan over legal concerns

    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 2 May 2024

    Civil servants union the FDA has submitted an application for a judicial review over concerns staff could be in breach of international law.

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