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Jo Faragher

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. She won the Willis Towers Watson HR journalist of the year award in 2015 and has been highly commended twice.

    • Police
    • Workplace culture
    • Latest News

    Police Scotland pays out £948,000 to female officer in sexism case

    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2022

    Police Scotland has paid out almost £948,000 in compensation to Rhona Malone who brought a sexism and discrimination tribunal claim.

    • Gender
    • Latest News
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Gender equality facing growing backlash from male managers

    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2022

    A third of male managers think that too much effort is placed into supporting gender equality at work, a survey...

    • Ethnicity
    • Ethnicity pay gap
    • Latest News

    Ethnicity pay gaps: Not making reporting mandatory is ‘nonsensical’

    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 16 May 2022

    The MP who chairs the women and equalities committee has slammed the government’s decision not to proceed with mandatory ethnicity...

    • Latest News
    • Employment law
    • Carers

    MP demands timeline on carer’s leave legislation

    by Jo Faragher 13 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 13 May 2022

    A Conservative MP has called for action after a manifesto pledge on paid carer's leave was absent from this week’s Queen’s Speech.

    • Civil Service
    • Economics, government & business
    • Latest News

    Prime minister steps up calls for 90,000 civil service job cuts

    by Jo Faragher 13 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 13 May 2022

    Boris Johnson is reported to have told ministers at an away day that they must return civil servant numbers to those of 2016, reducing overall headcount by a fifth overall.

    • Financial services
    • Gender
    • Latest News

    Women in finance: Aviva CEO slams sexist comments at AGM

    by Jo Faragher 11 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 11 May 2022

    One investor suggested that Blanc was “not the man for the job”, while another asked whether she should be “wearing trousers”.

    • National living wage
    • Living wage
    • Latest News

    Living Wage employers pass 10,000 mark

    by Jo Faragher 11 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 11 May 2022

    More than 10,000 UK employers have now signed up to pay the Living Wage, the voluntary rate suggested by the Living Wage Foundation.

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Zero hours
    • Latest News

    Queen’s Speech: Exclusivity contracts for low-paid workers to be banned

    by Jo Faragher 9 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 9 May 2022

    A ban on exclusivity contracts for low-paid workers and changes to data protection rules are likely to feature in this year’s Queen’s Speech.

    • Latest News
    • Employer branding
    • Recruitment & retention

    Only 5% of job ad wording fully gender neutral

    by Jo Faragher 9 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 9 May 2022

    Just 5% of job ads are completely gender neutral in their wording, according to a study by an employee brand...

    • Latest News
    • Labour market
    • Skills shortages

    EasyJet tackles staff shortages with seat tactic

    by Jo Faragher 9 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 9 May 2022

    EasyJet plans to remove a row of seats from its planes in a bid to cope with labour shortages.
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    • Retail
    • Latest News
    • Business performance

    McColl’s administration puts 16,000 jobs at risk

    by Jo Faragher 6 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 6 May 2022

    Convenience store chain McColl’s is urgently seeking a rescue deal that would save 16,000 jobs.

    • Retail
    • Latest News
    • Corporate governance

    Youth collective to inform Body Shop strategy

    by Jo Faragher 6 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 6 May 2022

    The Body Shop has announced it will invite a ‘youth collective’ to present ideas and opinions to the retailer’s executive leadership team.

    • Gender
    • Latest News
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Pay transparency: How organisations can break the taboo

    by Jo Faragher 5 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 5 May 2022

    With more and more employers disclosing salaries to prospective and existing workers, how can organisations do this smoothy?

    • Workplace culture
    • Latest News
    • Corporate governance

    BrewDog boss offers staff a fifth of his equity stake

    by Jo Faragher 4 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 4 May 2022

    The boss of troubled brewing company BrewDog has set out plans to give 20% of his stake in the company to staff.

    • Latest News
    • Corporate governance
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Employees drive ESG goals for HR, study claims

    by Jo Faragher 4 May 2022
    by Jo Faragher 4 May 2022

    Employees are the key to unlocking organisations’ ESG goals, according to research from consulting firm Mercer.

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