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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!

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    • Payroll

    Spider-Man bonus mislaid: a tale of two Toms

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

    A payroll error of the ages has come to light, which involves a character who no doubt would have used his superhuman agility and strength to retrieve his earnings…

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Military
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    Bullying allegations have soared at Ministry of Defence since 2019

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

    Complaints of bullying by civilian workers at the Ministry of Defence have risen sharply over the past five years, newly...

    • Right to work
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    • Immigration

    Visa applications delayed amid rise in pay threshold

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024

    International workers keen to take up jobs in the UK are encountering long visa application delays at the Home Office.

    • Latest News
    • Insolvency
    • Redundancy

    Surge in government spending on unpaid wages and redundancy pay

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024

    The amount paid out by the government for unpaid wages and redundancy pay has risen sharply as company insolvencies hit...

    • Police
    • Ethics
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    Police Federation unhappy at implementation of new ethical code

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024

    The PFEW said it had significant concerns about how the revised Code of Ethics should fit within the existing regulatory framework.

    • Early careers
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    • Gender reassignment discrimination

    Research: Gen Z wants more recognition for LGBTQ+ workers

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024

    Three-quarters of Gen Z jobseekers who are LGBTQ+ say they are reluctant to join companies where they can’t be out at work.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Leadership

    Gender parity at CEO level ‘a lifetime away’

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jan 2024

    Female chief executives are the victims of ‘tall poppy syndrome’, a leadership consultant has claimed.

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    • Productivity

    Madonna forgets ‘some of us have to get up for work early’

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Jan 2024

    Going out during the week has always been fraught for the conscientious employee. Even those who can be reluctantly dragged...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Manufacturing
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    Almost 3,000 roles to be cut at Port Talbot steel plant

    by Adam McCulloch 19 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 19 Jan 2024

    The largest steel producing plant in the UK is set to lose 3,000 jobs as it implements more modern steel-making methods.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Financial services
    • Bullying and harassment

    Sexism in the City: FCA to review harassment and misconduct

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jan 2024

    Most women who spoke to the Treasury Committee confirmed there had been little progress since the MPs’ last report on sexism in the City in 2018.

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    • Retail
    • Flexible working

    Wickes announces flexible working for store managers

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jan 2024

    Store management roles at home improvements retailer Wickes are now part of a flexible working model being rolled out at the firm’s 230 stores worldwide.

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    • Economics, government & business
    • Labour market

    Businesses poised to increase pay as retention fears grow

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Jan 2024

    Totaljobs’ latest Hiring Trends Index found that securing another job with higher pay was the leading factor behind staff resignations in Q3 last year.

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    • Public sector
    • Trade unions

    TUC: ministers risk repeating Post Office scandal errors

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Jan 2024

    Last October’s Procurement Act was a ‘huge missed opportunity’ to tighten up rules around outsourcing public services and protecting employees.

    • Ethics
    • Latest News
    • Employee communications

    Groupthink, obedience, dishonesty: the psychology of the Post Office scandal

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jan 2024

    The Post Office scandal shows us how a ‘psychological phenomena can manifest in real-world organisational crises, leading to devastating consequences’

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    • Mental health
    • Wellbeing

    In case you didn’t know, Blue Monday is looming

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Jan 2024

    You can't really have a Blue Monday if it's rosier than the previous year’s – it won't seem Blue enough.

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