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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!

    • USA
    • North America
    • Latest News

    JCB to expand capacity in US in response to Trump tariffs

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Apr 2025

    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.

    • Dispute resolution
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Government ministers weigh in on Birmingham bin strike

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025

    Local government minister Jim McMahon has met council chiefs in Birmingham today in a bid to bring an end to...

    • Brexit
    • Business performance
    • Latest News

    Trump’s tariffs to hit growth and jobs, warn business leaders

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025

    ‘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.’

    • Police
    • London
    • Local authorities

    Met Police cuts 1,700 officers and staff in cost-cutting move

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025

    The Metropolitan Police is to cut more than 1,700 officers and staff across serious organised crime, forensics, historic crime, mounted...

    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News
    • HR strategy

    High performance is not the preserve of ‘superstar’ employees: research

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025

    Organisations can create environments for high performance by focusing on high engagement and providing clear, regular feedback.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Discrimination

    Woman asked ‘why do you want to work’ wins sex harassment tribunal case

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025

    A woman who was asked why she wanted to work has partially won her employment tribunal case after a judge...

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Gig economy

    New right to work checks put onus on gig economy firms

    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 3 Apr 2025

    For the very first time, the Home Office stated, employment checks would be extended to cover businesses hiring gig economy and zero-hours workers.

    • National living wage
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Most businesses will need to adjust wages in April

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025

    Data shows nearly 60% of organisations will need to raise wages, with three-quarters expecting challenges around pay gaps between job levels.

    • Latest News
    • Pay & benefits
    • Pay structures

    ‘British people too polite to talk about salary? Oh, pur-leese’

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025

    The survey of 7,000 workers in Europe highlight a cultural divide between professional openness and social discomfort, claims Indeed.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Scotland
    • Latest News

    Reasons behind Dundee University job losses to be probed

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025

    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.

    • USA
    • North America
    • Employment law

    Florida to relax child labour laws

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025

    Children as young as 14 would be allowed to work overnight shifts under new laws being passed in the US state of Florida.

    • Careers in HR
    • Getting into HR
    • Latest News

    Senior HR pay rising faster than junior roles

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Mar 2025

    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.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Belief discrimination
    • Gender

    University of Sussex attacks Kathleen Stock freedom of speech ruling

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Mar 2025

    The University of Sussex has accused higher regulation regulator the Office for Students of mounting a ‘vindictive and unreasonable campaign’ against it.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News

    British Steel to shed 2,700 jobs at Scunthorpe plant

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Mar 2025

    Unite's Sharon Graham said British Steel was guilty of trying to hold the government to ransom, while using its workforce as ‘pawns’

    • Acas
    • Collective bargaining
    • USA

    Trump orders closure of US mediation body in industrial disputes

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Mar 2025

    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.

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