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Adam McCulloch

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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!

    • Latest News
    • Inflation
    • Pay & benefits

    Cadbury agrees 17% pay rise with workers

    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 7 Jul 2022

    More than 1,000 employees at chocolate giant Cadbury have gained a pay rise of more than 17% over the next two years.

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    BT workers vote for strike action over pay

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jul 2022

    BT workers vote to take strike action as TUC hails rush to join unions.

    • Change management
    • Financial services
    • Corporate governance

    Chief financial officers now more involved in HR

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jul 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Jul 2022

    Company boards increasingly want chief financial officers to go beyond their traditional remits, bringing them into areas such as HR and IT.

    • NHS
    • Local authorities
    • Latest News

    Pay all care workers a £10.50 hourly minimum wage, urge NHS leaders

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Jun 2022

    NHS leaders have urged the government to implement a national care worker minimum wage of £10.50 an hour with immediate effect as the service struggles to retain staff. 

    • Latest News
    • Inflation
    • Job creation and losses

    Graduate salaries rise sharply as search for talent intensifies

    by Adam McCulloch 27 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 27 Jun 2022

    Figures from a job search engine show that in May 2022 there were 14,690 graduate job vacancies advertised in the UK compared with 9,265 this time last year.

    • Social mobility
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News

    Don’t be gloomy over social mobility in the UK, commission urges

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jun 2022

    It is not the case that social mobility is in decline in the UK and worse than in other comparable countries, the Social Mobility Commission has claimed.

    • Career paths
    • Careers in HR
    • HR specialisms

    Movers and shakers June 2022: Lloyds, Indeed, Zoom and Kry appoint new HR leaders

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jun 2022

    This month so far has seen major new appointments at several tech giants and a plum job at one of the UK's leading banks.

    • Employee relations
    • Latest News
    • Industrial action / strikes

    British Airways employees at Heathrow vote for walkouts

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jun 2022

    GMB and Unite demand full back pay after 10% cut during pandemic as bonuses for senior management soar.

    • STEM
    • Environment
    • Latest News

    Young people need more guidance over ‘green jobs’

    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 24 Jun 2022

    To meet the needs of the net zero economy far more needs to be done to educate and train young people in green roles.

    • Brexit
    • Europe
    • Latest News

    Brexit remains an ‘open wound’ for EU employees in the UK

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Jun 2022

    A new study of EU migrants living in the UK has revealed the deep psychological impact of leaving the EU.

    • Benefits
    • Company cars
    • Latest News

    ‘Ministers must increase employee mileage rates’ as costs soar

    by Adam McCulloch 23 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 23 Jun 2022

    Government should increase the car mileage allowance that employees can claim when using their own vehicles for business travel.

    • Employee relations
    • Employee communications
    • Latest News

    The heat is on and so is some British ‘compassion’

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022

    Some sound advice for working in high temperatures as the first heatwave of summer hits the UK; plus why UK workers are so 'compassionate'.

    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    Gatwick Airport cuts flights as staff shortages bite

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022

    The number of flights in August at the airport south of London will be reduced to 825 from the current 850. In recent years there were over 900 flights per day.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Gender
    • Manufacturing

    UK in urgent need of female tradespeople finds research

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022

    New research reveals that only 1% of tradespeople are women in the UK.

    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    Job advertisements reach a new high amid labour shortages

    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 17 Jun 2022

    The number of job adverts was six percentage points more than in the first week of June.

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