The UK labour market saw a softer decline in recruitment activity in February 2025.
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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Female chief executives face double standards over how their performance is judged to a far greater extent than men, according to new research.
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Legal risk and the prospect of employment tribunal claims are the main concerns of organisations when making redundancies, not the loss of skills.
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Law school was asked: ‘First, have you eliminated all DEI from your school and its curriculum? Second, if DEI is found in your courses or teaching in any way, will you move swiftly to remove it?’
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Opinion over the Employment Rights Bill remains divided as the initial raft of amendments become known in response to consultation.
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Research documents good practice including how to manage performance in neurodiverse teams and the benefit of small changes.
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Tennis players on the Women’s Tennis Association Tour are set to receive paid maternity leave in a landmark scheme supported by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the PIF.
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MP says the Employment Rights Bill bolsters maternity rights, without consideration of rights of fathers.
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Solicitors Regulation Authority orders BNP Paribas lawyer to pay £31,000 after using nicknames such as ‘Pol Pot’ and ‘Jabba the Hutt’.
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Mitie has appointed Kathryn Dolan, as its new chief people officer; Hilary Goldby has been appointed HR director at Compass Group UK and Ireland’s business and industry sector.
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Research found that a quarter (26%) of working women were not promoted in pay, benefits or position in 2024, compared with just a fifth (20%) of men.
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Are return to office mandates too high a risk for firms? More than half of employees believe that their location should not matter as long as they meet work expectations.
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There was a further steep fall in UK work visas granted in 2024 as arrivals continue to decrease in the wake of rules introduced at the end of 2023 by the previous government.Â
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Figures from the Office for National Statistics show there were about 987,000 young people aged 16 to 24 who were Neets in October to December 2024.
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More than two-thirds of full-time judges say they will quit within five years given their high workloads, lack of administrative support and concerns for personal safety.