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Jo Faragher

Jo Faragher

Jo Faragher has been an employment and business journalist for 20 years. She regularly contributes to Personnel Today and writes features for a number of national business and membership magazines. Jo is also the author of 'Good Work, Great Technology', published in 2022 by Clink Street Publishing, charting the relationship between effective workplace technology and productive and happy employees. She won the Willis Towers Watson HR journalist of the year award in 2015 and has been highly commended twice.

    • Employee engagement
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    Staff prioritise work-life balance and boundaries – research

    by Jo Faragher 16 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 Sep 2025

    Almost half of employees say that work-life balance is their most important priority, according to a poll by Reward Gateway|Edenred.

    • Change management
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: HR team of the year

    by Jo Faragher 16 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 Sep 2025

    HR teams are often the driving force behind successful transformations, ensuring that people are at the centre of decisions that...

    • Hybrid working
    • Data protection
    • Latest News

    A third of UK employers use ‘bossware’ to track staff

    by Jo Faragher 15 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 15 Sep 2025

    A third of UK employers are using ‘bossware’ to track their employees, according to a survey by the Chartered Management Institute.

    • Latest News
    • Retail
    • Job creation and losses

    Business rates rises could put 100k retail jobs at risk

    by Jo Faragher 12 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 12 Sep 2025

    As many as 100,000 jobs could be at risk if the government goes ahead with plans to increase business rates, according to the British Retail Consortium.

    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News
    • Flexible working

    Slightly shorter working week could reap big benefits

    by Jo Faragher 11 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 11 Sep 2025

    For many involved with the survey, the pandemic had prompted a reappraisal of attitudes towards work and work-life balance.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Employment Rights Bill U-turn unlikely, say legal experts

    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025

    Lobby groups hoping that the Employment Rights Bill will be shelved or materially changed are likely to be in for a disappointment, according to legal experts.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Employee relations
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    Gregg Wallace launches legal action against BBC dismissal

    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025

    Gregg Wallace has launched legal action against the BBC after his dismissal from MasterChef, according to filings with the High Court.

    • Health and safety
    • Mental health
    • Latest News

    ‘Troubling gap’ in confidence to discuss suicide at work

    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025

    Only four in 10 employees would feel comfortable talking about suicide with a colleague, according to new data from MHFA England.

    • CIPD
    • Occupational Health
    • Latest News

    Employers need to step up on wellbeing provision, says OH body

    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 10 Sep 2025

    There needs to be a ‘step-change’ in how employers manage and prevent employee sickness, according to the Society of Occupational Medicine (SOM).

    • Social mobility
    • NHS
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    Medical profession still suffers from ‘deep-rooted inequalities’

    by Jo Faragher 9 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 Sep 2025

    People from working class backgrounds are no more likely to become doctors now than they were in the 1960s, according to new research on social mobility.

    • Fire and rehire
    • Zero hours
    • Employment law

    Reshuffle sparks fears over Employment Rights Bill

    by Jo Faragher 8 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 8 Sep 2025

    A reshuffle of top government positions after the resignation of deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has sparked concerns about the future of the Employment Rights Bill.

    • Latest News
    • Employment contracts
    • Employment tribunals

    Employee who shopped online at work wins unfair dismissal claim

    by Jo Faragher 8 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 8 Sep 2025

    An administrator has won a claim for unfair dismissal after she shopped online on her work computer.

    • Financial services
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    • Redundancy

    Lloyds Banking Group to target underperformers for job cuts

    by Jo Faragher 5 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 5 Sep 2025

    Lloyds Banking Group will use performance management measures to put around 5% of its staff at risk of dismissal, according to reports.

    • Latest News
    • Employment contracts
    • Employment tribunals

    Manager who called bosses ‘dickheads’ was unfairly dismissed

    by Jo Faragher 5 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 5 Sep 2025

    An office manager who called her manager and another director ‘dickheads’ during a meeting was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal has ruled.

    • Data protection
    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News

    Jaguar Land Rover staff sent home after cyber attack

    by Jo Faragher 5 Sep 2025
    by Jo Faragher 5 Sep 2025

    A cyber attack at Jaguar Land Rover has forced it to take IT systems offline and send staff home.

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