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Jo Faragher

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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.

    • Constructive dismissal
    • Employment law
    • Latest News

    Company director wins £15k after being told to ‘shut up’

    by Jo Faragher 4 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 4 Jul 2025

    A company director has been awarded £15,000 in compensation after being told to ‘shut up’ in a meeting.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Latest News
    • Learning & development

    Data skills gap getting in way of AI progress

    by Jo Faragher 3 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 3 Jul 2025

    Data skills gaps are stopping employees and businesses from making the most of the AI revolution, according to research by Multiverse.

    • Personnel Today

    FCA to extend misconduct rules beyond banks

    by Jo Faragher 2 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 Jul 2025

    The Financial Conduct Authority will extend its rules governing bullying and discrimination beyond the banking sector.

    • Personnel Today

    ‘Decisive action’ needed to boost workers’ pensions

    by Jo Faragher 2 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 Jul 2025

    Almost four in 10 private sector workers face a ‘financial cliff-edge’ when they retire, according to a new report.

    • Personnel Today

    Business leaders’ drop in confidence impacts headcount

    by Jo Faragher 2 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 Jul 2025

    Business confidence and recruitment expectations dropped in June after previous gains, according to the Institute of Directors.

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Immigration

    Government moves swiftly on immigration reform

    by Jo Faragher 1 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 1 Jul 2025

    The government has begun the legislative process for introducing the new immigration controls set out in its recent White Paper.

    • Latest News
    • Retail
    • Job creation and losses

    Clarks cuts 1,200 jobs after ‘year of transition’

    by Jo Faragher 1 Jul 2025
    by Jo Faragher 1 Jul 2025

    Shoe retailer Clarks has cut more than 1,200 jobs after sales plummeted by almost £100 million in its most recent...

    • Gender
    • Latest News
    • Equal pay

    Co-op equal pay claims move onto next stage

    by Jo Faragher 30 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 30 Jun 2025

    Co-op workers have made a significant step forward in their long-running equal pay battle.

    • Acas
    • Dispute resolution
    • Early conciliation

    ‘Be direct’ to avoid escalating conflict, advises Acas

    by Jo Faragher 30 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 30 Jun 2025

    Using vague language in the workplace could be preventing employees from resolving conflicts, according to Acas.

    • Latest News
    • Public sector
    • Inflation

    Pay awards remain ‘cautious’ in uncertain economy

    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2025

    The median pay award in the UK remained steady at 3% in May, with public sector pay awards outstripping the private sector.

    • Bullying and harassment
    • Disability discrimination
    • Latest News

    HR manager with ‘messy’ work loses discrimination case

    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2025

    An HR manager who was told his work was ‘messy’ has lost a case for discrimination and harassment at tribunal.

    • Employee-shareholders
    • Employee engagement
    • Latest News

    Employee ownership rockets in past decade

    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2025

    Employee ownership has gone up by more than 1,600% since 2014, according to figures from the Employee Ownership Association.
    There...

    • Employee relations
    • Dispute resolution
    • Latest News

    Fear of confrontation means disputes escalate – research

    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 25 Jun 2025

    A fear of confrontation is preventing employees from solving work disputes early, according to new research.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News

    Skills receive £1.2bn boost in new industrial strategy

    by Jo Faragher 23 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 23 Jun 2025

    The government has announced a £1.2 billion annual skills investment as the centrepiece of its new industrial strategy, including a significant boost to technical training and apprenticeships.

    • Latest News
    • Manufacturing
    • Recruitment & retention

    UK engineering and manufacturing firms face hiring struggles

    by Jo Faragher 23 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 23 Jun 2025

    Six in 10 hiring managers in the UK manufacturing and engineering sector have struggled to hire in the past year,...

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