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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!

    • USA
    • North America
    • Employment law

    US judges block ‘sham’ firings of federal workers on probation

    by Adam McCulloch 14 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 14 Mar 2025

    US judges have ordered several federal government agencies to reinstate the jobs of probationary employees fired en masse last month.

    • Civil Service
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    NHS England: ‘world’s largest quango’ to be abolished

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025

    Wes Streeting told MPs there were currently 15,300 staff at NHS England, and 3,300 in the Department of Health and Social Care. About half of the posts would go, he added.

    • Bonuses
    • Latest News
    • Retail

    John Lewis fails to pay bonus for fourth time in five years

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025

    The retailer said it did not believe “it would be right” to pay a bonus this year as it continues to reinvest in the business.

    • Social mobility
    • Sexual harassment
    • Financial services

    City financial regulators scrap DEI measures

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025

    The Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority have written to Treasury Committee MPs to state they will retain existing framework rather than apply new DEI measures.

    • Change management
    • Corporate governance
    • Employee engagement

    Employee engagement: Growing disconnect between effort and recognition, finds research

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025

    Employee experience platform Culture Amp claims recognition is at a five-year low, and employees feel less visible in organisations’ performance review process.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • Retail

    Asda makes 200 IT posts redundant

    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 13 Mar 2025

    More than 200 employees who were contracted to work on the separation of the supermarket’s IT system from former owner Walmart were dismissed this week.

    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    UK labour market decline slows in February

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Mar 2025

    The UK labour market saw a softer decline in recruitment activity in February 2025.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Women CEOs face higher levels of scrutiny, bias and double standards

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025

    Female chief executives face double standards over how their performance is judged to a far greater extent than men, according to new research.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Latest News
    • Employment tribunals

    HR professionals reveal their fears over making employees redundant

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025

    Legal risk and the prospect of employment tribunal claims are the main concerns of organisations when making redundancies, not the loss of skills.

    • USA
    • North America
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Prominent Washington DC law school investigated for ‘promoting DEI’

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Mar 2025

    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?’

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Economics, government & business

    Draconian or vital for growth? Employment Rights Bill debate intensifies

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025

    Opinion over the Employment Rights Bill remains divided as the initial raft of amendments become known in response to consultation.

    • Acas
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Acas report on neurodiversity: all workplaces can be inclusive

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025

    Research documents good practice including how to manage performance in neurodiverse teams and the benefit of small changes.

    • Latest News
    • Reproductive health
    • Maternity and paternity

    Tennis pros to receive paid maternity leave from WTA tour

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025

    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.

    • Shared parental leave
    • Maternity
    • Latest News

    MP urges rethink on ‘ladies do babies’ approach in Employment Rights Bill

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025

    MP says the Employment Rights Bill bolsters maternity rights, without consideration of rights of fathers.

    • Financial services
    • Legal sector
    • Discipline

    Former BNP Paribas lawyer fined for using offensive nicknames

    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 6 Mar 2025

    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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