Research finds 86% of employees know their organisation has a purpose statement, but only 58% are aware of what the statement includes.
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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Proposals are likely to include the introduction of a British baccalaureate, offering broader academic and vocational qualifications at 18 and a slimmed-down set of exams at 16.
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The Social Mobility Foundation will publish a report showing that law firms are missing out on talent and profit by not taking graduates from non-professional family backgrounds.
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‘Rishi Sunak should reassure public servants they will not pay the price for recent incompetent governance and bring stability so that the UK is seen as a place to invest’
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Almost two thirds (61%) of black employees experienced racism in the workplace in 2021, according to a new report published today by business psychology consultancy Pearn Kandola.
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Despite generating lots of articles, it's finally been acknowledged: the phrase 'quiet quitting' is a nonsense. Meanwhile, why are government ministers adopting business job titles?
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The Worker Protection Bill, which if passed would make employers liable for third-party harassment, has passed through the second reading stage in the House of Commons.
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Important Bill for retaining staff and enabling employees to care for loved ones passing second reading in the House of Commons.
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Kam Jhuti, heard the tribunal, had been intimidated and harassed by her boss after shadowing a colleague and reporting that some colleagues were ‘in effect defrauding the company’.
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Workplace pressures are severely undermining the capacity of adult social care in England to provide services and may lead to the sector's collapse.
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Liz Truss's resignation has put a number of leading Conservative ministers, past and present, in the frame but can any of them restore stability for business?
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Median pay rises are set to reach 5% in the 12 months to the end of August 2023, a level not seen since 1992, a report from XpertHR has forecast.
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Further rail strikes over pay and conditions will take place on 3, 5, and 7 November, the RMT union has...
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UK ministers are being taken to court over allegations the government is breaking the law on EU citizens’ rights.
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The Home Office has removed the modern slavery brief from the minister responsible for safeguarding and classed it as an ‘illegal immigration and asylum’ issue.