Wealth management firm Brewin Dolphin abandons plan to move into new City offices.
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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Businesses failing to be transparent over family-friendly working policies include Aldi, American Express, Boots, Channel 4, Huawei, Penguin Random House, and Tesla.
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Poor candidate experience remains a blight on the recruitment practices of many businesses in the UK despite a lack of workers, new research suggests.
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Low mood and depression is afflicting 69% of legal employees, finds a survey by LawCare.
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Hospitality and retail sectors will not be gaining temporary visa schemes, ministers signal.
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Raab said that asylum seekers could help alleviate the UK’s labour shortages and that employment would help them integrate into society once granted asylum.
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Cabinet apparently split over proposals for temporary visas to alleviate HGV driver shortage.
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Rise of card payments and perceived low pay behind move to make it illegal for businesses to keep workers' tips.
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Government warned that many will face difficulties this autumn when furlough ends and that its cut in Universal Credit added to risks.
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The John Lewis Partnership has paid bonuses to senior managers despite not paying its partnership bonus for the first time in nearly 70 years.
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Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays now the busiest days for Pret outlets as return to office and hybrid working gathers pace.
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Proposals expected in response to explosion of flexible working arrangements put in place during Covid pandemic.
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‘Mad rush’ to attain EU settlement status in June but employers face difficulties with skills and red tape.
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Despite rollout success and low Covid case rates, vaccine-hesitant health workers have been suspended without pay.
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HR has seen an explosion of digital tools introduced over the pandemic. But do they improve or hinder productivity? A new study suggests the latter.