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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
    • Labour market
    • Flexible working

    Part-time work is lifestyle choice suggests analysis

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2022

    More people are working part-time or in temporary jobs than at any time since the start of the pandemic.

    • Brexit
    • STEM
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Construction blighted by skills shortage as sector steps up diversity efforts

    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 16 Jun 2022

    The construction industry is facing a shortage of a quarter of a million workers within the next four years because of Brexit and the effects of the Covid pandemic.

    • Gender
    • Latest News
    • Discrimination

    Wording of diversity statements critical to policies’ success

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jun 2022

    New research suggests that some companies' diversity statements may be off-putting for the very candidates they are intended to attract.

    • Civil Service
    • Employee engagement
    • Ethics

    Setback for civil servants’ union in bid to stop Rwanda flight

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jun 2022

    Civil service union joins with campaigners in failed bid to halt asylum seeker flight to Rwanda as Home Office staff rebel against policy.

    • Employee relations
    • Fit for Work
    • Latest News

    Wizz Air boss angers pilots with comments on working with fatigue

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jun 2022

    Pilots’ unions have strongly criticised comments by the head of low cost airline Wizz Air after he appeared to call on crew to work despite being tired.

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Gig economy

    Oxford study highlights best gig economy firms to work for

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2022

    Pedal Me, Gorillas and Getir ride high in the worker-friendly rankings while Deliveroo and Just Eat slip down the table.

    • Ethics
    • Latest News
    • ESG

    New job website aims to boost employment at sustainable firms

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2022

    A new jobs website has promised to provide only ethical work and aims to get more people employed by sustainable industries.

    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News
    • Commuting

    Workers in London say they enjoy the office but not the commute

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2022

    An academic study by King's College finds broad support for working from home and little backing for the views expressed by Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees-Mogg on the issue.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Women’s promotions at financial services firms lag behind

    by Adam McCulloch 30 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 30 May 2022

    Women still make up less than a quarter of senior promotions within financial services businesses, despite some signs of recent progress.

    • NHS
    • Education
    • Latest News

    Davos 2022: ‘Invest in social jobs to save the global economy’

    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022

    Investments aimed at re-routing economies to improve social outcomes will drive employment across both advanced and developing economies, says the World Economic Forum.

    • Collective redundancy
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    P&O Ferries boss denies reputational damage after mass redundancies

    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022

    The boss of P&O Ferries has denied that his company has taken a reputational hit in the wake of its sudden sacking of 800 crew in mid-March.

    • Brexit
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News

    Parliament launches UK labour market inquiry

    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022

    MPs will examine the challenges faced by workers and employers and what the government and businesses can do support the labour market.

    • Career development
    • Latest News
    • e-learning

    Age remains a barrier to upskilling finds research

    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022

    Young people undertake e-learning in the hope of learning skills to launch businesses or change careers, research showed.

    • Social mobility
    • Apprenticeships
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    ‘Inequality is embedded in our labour market’ says apprenticeship leader

    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 27 May 2022

    A small number of universities are slowing the rise of diversity in the workplace, according to Euan Blair.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Career development
    • Department for Education

    More than £1bn of upskilling loan money has gone unspent

    by Adam McCulloch 26 May 2022
    by Adam McCulloch 26 May 2022

    In the past year alone, £97m of funding wasn’t spent, which would have paid for 120,000 adults to access courses helping them to reskill.

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