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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!

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    • Economics, government & business

    UK enters ‘technical recession’ finds ONS

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Feb 2024

    The Office for National Statistics has announced that gross domestic product fell by 0.3% in the last three months of 2023.

    • Latest News
    • HR strategy
    • Flexible working

    Third of women’s flexible work requests rejected in public sector

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Feb 2024

    ‘Too many employers are still turning down flexible-working requests, which means the right to request is pretty meaningless for many women,’ says Unison leader.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Record proportion of international NHS workers

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Feb 2024

    A third of doctors and three in 10 nurses working in the health service have come from abroad – the highest proportion since records began.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Offices
    • Discipline

    Love in the office, Gen Z needs a talking to, and other likely tales…

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Feb 2024

    This week we round-up some of the most eye-catching statements received by Personnel Today over the past few days and present them nakedly – make of them what you will.

    • Employee relations
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    Five-day junior doctors strike announced

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Feb 2024

    Junior doctors will walk out for nearly five full days between 24 February and 28 February, the British Medical Association...

    • Financial services
    • Latest News
    • Mergers and acquisitions

    Tesco Bank staff to transfer to Barclays

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Feb 2024

    About 2,800 of Tesco’s banking staff are to transfer to Barclays.

    • Construction
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Building sector begins to attract more women

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Feb 2024

    The ‘boys only club’ perception of the construction sector is beginning to erode, new research has found.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Civil Service
    • Bullying and harassment

    ‘Mentors sexually harassed staff’: MoD faces more allegations

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024

    A survey by trade union Prospect has revealed that more than 120 female civil servants have experienced sexual harassment at the Ministry of Defence or public sector defence agency.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Immigration health surcharge rise ‘robs Peter to pay Paul’

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024

    On 6 February, the Immigration Health Surcharge rose by 66% for those applying to come to the UK or hoping to extend their visas.

    • Civil Service
    • Data protection
    • Latest News

    Official Receiver staff sacked over sharing case data

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024

    Staff at the Official Receiver have been sacked for allegedly sharing details of potential jobs with private sector insolvency practitioners.

    • USA
    • North America
    • Latest News

    Thrash metal drummer snares Elon Musk

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Feb 2024

    A single minor Tesla investor who happens to be a heavy metal drummer brings down Elon Musk's $56bn remuneration package.

    • Latest News
    • Labour market
    • Recruitment & retention

    Candidate shortage afflicts two-thirds of businesses

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Feb 2024

    Seven in 10 employers across the UK are still witnessing a shortage of all types of candidates for their roles, new research reveals.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    High performers dislike strict office attendance rules

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Feb 2024

    High performers and millennials are the most likely to quit their jobs if firms enforce strict policies for a return...

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

    Largest fall in vacancies in years as UK job market contracts

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Jan 2024

    The UK jobs market experienced its biggest monthly fall in vacancies in more than three years in December, as business...

    • Stress
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    ‘Quit while you’re ahead’: the HR lessons of Jürgen Klopp’s decision to step away

    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 26 Jan 2024

    The news that Jürgen Klopp is stepping down as manager of Liverpool FC at the end of the season has raised fresh comment around burnout in HR circles.

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