The amount paid out by the government for unpaid wages and redundancy pay has risen sharply as company insolvencies hit...
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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The PFEW said it had significant concerns about how the revised Code of Ethics should fit within the existing regulatory framework.
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Three-quarters of Gen Z jobseekers who are LGBTQ+ say they are reluctant to join companies where they can’t be out at work.
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Female chief executives are the victims of ‘tall poppy syndrome’, a leadership consultant has claimed.
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Going out during the week has always been fraught for the conscientious employee. Even those who can be reluctantly dragged...
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The largest steel producing plant in the UK is set to lose 3,000 jobs as it implements more modern steel-making methods.
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Most women who spoke to the Treasury Committee confirmed there had been little progress since the MPs’ last report on sexism in the City in 2018.
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Store management roles at home improvements retailer Wickes are now part of a flexible working model being rolled out at the firm’s 230 stores worldwide.
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Totaljobs’ latest Hiring Trends Index found that securing another job with higher pay was the leading factor behind staff resignations in Q3 last year.
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Last October’s Procurement Act was a ‘huge missed opportunity’ to tighten up rules around outsourcing public services and protecting employees.
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The Post Office scandal shows us how a ‘psychological phenomena can manifest in real-world organisational crises, leading to devastating consequences’
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You can't really have a Blue Monday if it's rosier than the previous year’s – it won't seem Blue enough.
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Amazon is axing roles at its companies Prime Video, Twitch and MGM.
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December 2023 saw a continued rise in candidate availability with economic uncertainty causing redundancies and a slowdown in hiring.
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The lack of a designated female toilet led to a £15,000 award for a security guard in Scotland.