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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!

    • NHS
    • Carers
    • Latest News

    Higher minimum wage ‘would help tackle social care crisis’

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Jul 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Jul 2023

    The Liberal Democrats have said that care workers' pay needed to be brought up to at least £11.50 with immediate effect and be set at £12.42 from April 2024.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Discrimination

    Recruitment: RAF policies unlawfully discriminated against white males

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jun 2023

    Policies designed to boost diversity among RAF recruits were unlawful, an inquiry has found.

    • Australia
    • Australasia
    • Latest News

    Visa changes could see Australia become a magnet for UK labour

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jun 2023

    The changes will make it easier for Australians to work and live in the UK.

    • Brexit
    • Right to work
    • Europe

    Former cabinet minister blasts UK immigration policy

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jun 2023

    The government's immigration policy needs a complete reset, a recent former environment secretary has said.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Financial services
    • Legal sector

    Risk concerns hold back adoption of AI by professional services

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jun 2023

    Research across professional services firms, including in the legal sector, has revealed confusion over the adoption of generative AI.

    • Latest News
    • Equal pay
    • Employment tribunals

    Part-time wife denied pay rise because of ‘high household income’

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Jun 2023

    An employment tribunal has reconsidered a case in which an executive was denied a pay rise after her boss allegedly claimed that her husband earned a large enough salary already.

    • Careers in HR
    • CIPD
    • Employee engagement

    Puppy love: different strokes for different folks at the Festival of Work

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2023

    Invigorating panel discussions on all the hottest HR topics, with dashings of celebrity in the form of comedian Katherine Ryan and broadcaster Fearne Cotton. A heady atmosphere prevailed...

    • Police
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Police chief describes her force as ‘institutionally racist’

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2023

    Sarah Crew said she was ‘in no doubt’ that racism and racial bias were reinforced within systems across the Avon & Somerset force.

    • Social mobility
    • CIPD
    • Getting into HR

    CIPD Festival of Work 2023: HR has major role in recruiting former prisoners

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2023

    CIPD Festival of Work wows the HR crowds at London Olympia.

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Financial services

    Prominent hedge fund boss faces sexual harassment probe

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2023

    The founder of a leading hedge fund firm is being investigated by the Financial Conduct Authority over claims of sexual harassment and assault.

    • Career paths
    • Careers in HR
    • CIPD

    Kellogg, Finnair, Pladis make key HR appointments: Movers and shakers, June 2023

    by Adam McCulloch 2 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 2 Jun 2023

    The leading HR appointments across the UK and beyond in the past few weeks …

    • Northern Ireland
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    Man with cerebral palsy told not to ’play the disability card’

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jun 2023

    A man with cerebral palsy has received £25k for disability discrimination after alleging he was told not to ‘play the disability card’.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Education - further and higher
    • Latest News

    Female graduates’ starting salary lower than men’s

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jun 2023

    Although they achieved the same level of qualifications, first class female graduates had a median salary of £25,000, which was £2,000 lower than men.

    • Latest News
    • e-learning
    • Learning & development

    Data expertise is now most in-demand skill, analysis reveals

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jun 2023

    Data expertise is now the most sought after skill among global enterprises, with demand for courses tripling since 2019, according to a new study.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Leadership

    So how do you feel about your boss? Anything?

    by Adam McCulloch 19 May 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 19 May 2023

    What do surveys about passing feelings really tell us about life at work?

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