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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!

    • Hybrid working
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    Being punctual is greatly overrated, finds research

    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023

    New research reveals what UK employees feel about being late, and suggests it’s time for businesses to loosen up.
    At...

    • Civil Service
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Job ad by Ministry of Justice reinforced ’negative ethnic stereotype’

    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 5 May 2023

    A Ministry of Justice job advertisement for prison officers has fallen foul of advertising standards on race discrimination grounds.

    • Automation
    • Hybrid working
    • Artificial intelligence

    Less than a quarter of firms are investing in tech, finds study

    by Adam McCulloch 4 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 4 May 2023

    Less than a quarter of companies in the UK are investing in technology to improve productivity and efficiency a new study by a US tech giant has shown.

    • Financial penalties
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    £3m award for unfairly dismissed Isle of Man medical director

    by Adam McCulloch 4 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 4 May 2023

    A doctor who was unfairly dismissed from her role as medical director has been awarded £3m in compensation.

    • NHS
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    • Industrial action / strikes

    GMB union accepts NHS pay offer

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    Members of the GMB union have voted to accept the government’s 5% pay offer for NHS staff.

    • Brexit
    • Employment law
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    EU law bill set to stall as unions warn over workers’ rights

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    The UK government has reportedly decided to radically scale back its plans to scrap or review EU laws by the end of this year.

    • Bank holidays
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    • Flexible working

    Employees prefer flexible bank holiday time off

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    As the UK enters a month with three bank holidays, nearly three-quarters of UK workers are in favour of flexible bank holidays, new research has shown.

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Trade unions

    Unions announce new rail strikes

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Apr 2023

    Rail workers will walk out over four days, as the RMT and Aslef unions criticise the train operators' latest pay offer

    • NHS
    • Employment law
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    High Court halts full nurses’ strike

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2023

    High court judges have imposed an injunction to stop the forthcoming nurses strike in England, as requested by the UK government, in lieu of a full hearing taking place.

    • Minimum service levels
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    House of Lords setback for Strikes Bill

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Apr 2023

    The House of Lords has voted to support an amendment to the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill. 

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Employment law
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    Unions, lawyers and think tanks warn about lack of AI safeguards

    by Adam McCulloch 18 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 18 Apr 2023

    Pressure is growing on ministers to set up safeguards to protect employees from the misuse of artificial technology in the workplace.

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Trade unions

    Hundreds of UK Amazon staff take strike action

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023

    Hundreds of Amazon workers in Coventry are on day two of a three-day strike in a dispute over pay.

    • Civil Service
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Latest News

    Alok Sharma denies bullying allegations from civil servants

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023

    Former business secretary and COP26 president Alok Sharma has dismissed allegations that he consistently bullied civil servants.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • HR practice

    Redundancy letters at BBC were ‘standard HR exercise’

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Apr 2023

    The letter, sent at the start of April, asked staff who “would like to consider potentially leaving the BBC under voluntary redundancy” to hold discussions with HR.

    • Latest News
    • Labour market
    • Global HR

    OECD reports record workforce participation rates

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Apr 2023

    The UK is among a small proportion of OECD countries that have still to achieve the same workforce participation rates as before the pandemic.

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