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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!

    • Hybrid working
    • Gender
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    Men working from home less likely to be promoted

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Apr 2024

    Research suggests people who work from home are less likely to get pay rises and promotions, with men more likely to be penalised.

    • Latest News
    • Education - school
    • Recruitment & retention

    Schools may struggle to recruit after relocation scheme changes

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Apr 2024

    The Department for Education has restricted a scheme designed to alleviate the shortage of languages and physics teachers in the UK.

    • Financial services
    • Latest News
    • Gender pay gap

    Goldman Sachs International gender pay gap at widest since 2017

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Apr 2024

    Figures from Goldman Sachs have reportedly shown that the gender pay gap among UK staff at the finance giant has...

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    ‘Don’t be so hasty to enforce return-to-office policies’

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Apr 2024

    As more companies pursue return to office policies, Gartner's Caitlin Duffy answers questions about the implications for productivity, talent retention, leadership and collaboration.

    • Climate emergency
    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses

    Network Rail recruits 400 engineers to combat rising rainfall

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Apr 2024

    Network Rail will recruit an extra 400 engineers to combat climate change effects. It will also convert staff into ‘amateur meteorologists’.

    • National living wage
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    • Pay & benefits

    Minimum wage rise ‘must not lead to poor treatment of workers‘

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2024

    Some of the UK’s largest companies ‘trying to argue that a 10% rise in minimum wage shouldn’t be covered in the rates they pay for temporary staff’.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Candidate experience
    • Latest News

    Automation in recruitment ‘humiliates and alienates young people’

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2024

    Automation in recruitment has been disastrous for young jobseekers and have cut businesses off from talented candidates.

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Demand for temps rises as business confidence remains low

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2024

    Employer demand for temps has risen amid concerns about the UK economy.

    • Stress
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    • Leadership

    Better training the key to tackling manager burnout, study suggests

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2024

    Excessive workload, poor time allocation, and lack of training were identified as the major triggers for stress, found the study.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
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    • Discrimination

    Young people report racism as a major barrier to work

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Mar 2024

    Almost half of young people from an ethnic minority background face racism as they enter work in the UK.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Zero hours
    • Employment law

    Can Labour satisfy business and unions on workers’ rights?

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Mar 2024

    As Labour appears to be closer to coming into government, efforts to influence policy by business and unions are bound to gather pace.

    • Apprenticeships
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    • Learning & development

    Northern Trains to recruit 300 on to apprenticeships

    by Adam McCulloch 21 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 21 Mar 2024

    More than 300 new staff with no previous experience are being taken on by Northern Trains to work on its fleet.

    • France
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    • Minimum wage

    New French law sets £9.96 minimum wage for ferry operators

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2024

    French maritime minister says he was ‘shocked’ by P&O Ferries sackings, adding his government ‘needed to do something’.

    • Latest News
    • Manufacturing
    • Redundancy

    Thousands of jobs at risk at Alstom’s Derby rail plant

    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 20 Mar 2024

    Three thousand jobs could be at risk as a Derby rail factory, run by Alstom, has indicated it may stop production this week.

    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business
    • Job creation and losses

    Significant fall in February job postings despite skills shortages

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Mar 2024

    Continued labour shortages caused by a ‘smaller active workforce’ and skills shortages were behind a much lower number of job postings in February.

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