More than 1,000 jobs could be at risk as the Post Office considers closing branches and restructuring its head office roles.
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.
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A third of workers in the UK plan to change jobs in the next six months, according to recruitment company ManpowerGroup.
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More than a quarter of workers in the UK were hybrid working this autumn, according to the Office for National...
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The government has decided to allow a local authority to proceed with its four-day working week arrangement.
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Public sector pay awards have overtaken private sector rises for the first time since Autumn 2020, according to the CIPD.
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A radio presenter who claimed she was replaced because of her Indian accent has lost her claim for race discrimination.
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According to analysis from the TUC, the disability pay gap is now 17.2%, meaning that non-disabled employees now earn £2.35 an hour more than disabled workers.
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A black scholar at the University of Cambridge who was denied an interview for a more senior role has lost a claim for race discrimination at tribunal.
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Almost one in six ‘sandwich carers’ find it difficult to cope financially, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.
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CIPD chief executive Peter Cheese has called for HR professionals to find their role in building ‘responsible’ business amid geopolitical and economic uncertainty.
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The CIPD Trust has helped more than 500 people get into or return to work, according to its annual impact report.
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Church of England: lack of role models hinders progression for ethnic minorities
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA report into institutional racism in the Church of England has concluded there is a “lack of diversity in leadership” in the Church.
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Retail worker assault: A committee of MPs has showed its support for making assaults on shop staff a standalone offence.
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The number of police officers sacked from forces in England and Wales hit a record high in the year to the end of March 2024.
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Striking workers at Boeing have accepted the latest pay offer which will see them get a 38% pay rise over the next four years.