JCB has said it will expand its US operations in response to President Trump’s tariffs – with the effect on UK jobs as yet unclear.
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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Local government minister Jim McMahon has met council chiefs in Birmingham today in a bid to bring an end to...
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‘Exporters to the US will be forced to review the viability of the US as a destination for their goods, and as a supply chain location.’
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The Metropolitan Police is to cut more than 1,700 officers and staff across serious organised crime, forensics, historic crime, mounted...
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Organisations can create environments for high performance by focusing on high engagement and providing clear, regular feedback.
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A woman who was asked why she wanted to work has partially won her employment tribunal case after a judge...
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For the very first time, the Home Office stated, employment checks would be extended to cover businesses hiring gig economy and zero-hours workers.
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Data shows nearly 60% of organisations will need to raise wages, with three-quarters expecting challenges around pay gaps between job levels.
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The survey of 7,000 workers in Europe highlight a cultural divide between professional openness and social discomfort, claims Indeed.
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Broken down, the full-time equivalent job losses consisted of 197 academic roles, 119 school-based professional services posts in schools, and 316 directorate roles.
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Children as young as 14 would be allowed to work overnight shifts under new laws being passed in the US state of Florida.
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Pay has grown at a faster rate for HR directors over the past year when compared with most other roles in HR, according to a new study.
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The University of Sussex has accused higher regulation regulator the Office for Students of mounting a ‘vindictive and unreasonable campaign’ against it.
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Unite's Sharon Graham said British Steel was guilty of trying to hold the government to ransom, while using its workforce as ‘pawns’
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It is unlikely that Trump has any legal authority to move against the agency because the agency's funding and programmes are authorised and funded by Congress.