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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!

    • Civil Service
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Liz Truss comments on Civil Service dismissed as ‘insulting and abhorrent’

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Aug 2022

    The senior Civil Service union has angrily repudiated comments today by Conservative Party leadership and Prime Minister contender Liz Truss.

    • Benefits
    • Discontinuous shared parental leave
    • Shared parental leave

    Sharp rise in firms offering enhanced parental leave packages

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Aug 2022

    Employers are more than twice as likely (102%) to offer enhanced parental leave packages compared with last year, analysis has shown.

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Furlough

    Nearly 14,000 whistleblowing reports of furlough fraud received by HMRC

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Aug 2022

    HMRC has received 13,775 whistleblower reports about furlough fraud cases as people report their employers, and ex-employers.

    • Acas
    • Uber
    • Employment law

    Uber has more drivers than ever as worker judgment pushes revenues up

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Aug 2022

    The number of people driving for Uber has hit an all-time high, the company’s second quarter results have revealed.

    • Stress
    • Cycle to Work
    • Latest News

    Something new to get stressed about: hello Premier League

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Aug 2022

    With the onset of the football season, stress could begin to escalate – but there are techniques to relieve it, such as cycling perhaps. Adam McCulloch continues his series of light-hearted takes on HR themes

    • Latest News
    • Inflation
    • Job creation and losses

    Economic outlook slows hiring despite skills shortfalls

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Aug 2022

    July saw the slowest increases in permanent staff appointments and the use of temps in 17 months, as recruiters across...

    • Latest News
    • Inflation
    • Labour market

    Office could be sanctuary for workers fearing winter fuel bills

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Aug 2022

    Rising costs have prompted 42% of UK workers to consider coming into the office in order to save money on home energy bills, research has found.

    • Bonuses
    • Latest News
    • Inflation

    Shell to pay workers a one-off 8% bonus

    by Adam McCulloch 4 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 4 Aug 2022

    After reporting record profits, fuels giant Shell is set to give most of its 82,000 workers a one-off 8% bonus.

    • IR35
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    HMRC looking to recoup £1.4bn from businesses’ use of hidden employees

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2022

    The UK's tax authorities suspect large businesses of underpaying £1.4bn in employment taxes as they promise to crack down on ‘hidden employees’.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Employee relations
    • Employee communications

    Snoozing and Zooming: the great August nod-off is here

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Jul 2022

    The weather is causing somnolence – and so are video meetings, according to new findings.

    • Latest News
    • Employee communications
    • Industrial action / strikes

    BT strike: company ‘has stuck two fingers up to its workers’, says union leader

    by Adam McCulloch 29 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 29 Jul 2022

    In the first national telecoms strike since 1987, thousands of BT and Openreach workers have walked out, with more than 250 picket lines being formed across the UK.

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Workers at the UK’s most important port vote for strike action

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2022

    92% of Unite's members at the Port of Felixstowe, the UK's busiest and Europe's eighth busiest container port, voted in favour of strike action.

    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes
    • Inflation

    RMT raises prospect of a general strike

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2022

    The spectre of a general strike in the UK has been raised after rail union boss Mick Lynch warned of escalating industrial action if a new Conservative prime minister moved to curb workers' rights this autumn.

    • Police
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Police ‘let down’ by ministers with insufficient pay award

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2022

    ‘Wildly out of touch’ pay award is a further insult to the police from the government, says Police Federation

    • Latest News
    • Inflation
    • Labour market

    UK employees increasingly seek temp work for extra income

    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 28 Jul 2022

    Half of UK workers are already doing temporary work, or are planning to temp, as a direct result of the surging cost of living, according to new research.

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