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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.

    • Scotland
    • NHS
    • Latest News

    NHS Lothian review finds ‘toxic’ work environment

    by Jo Faragher 2 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 May 2025

    NHS Lothian has apologised to staff in its maternity care unit after an investigation uncovered a toxic workplace culture.

    • General Data Protection Regulation
    • Data protection
    • Latest News

    M&S pauses hiring as it deals with cyber attack

    by Jo Faragher 2 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 May 2025

    Marks & Spencer has paused recruitment as it continues to battle a severe cyber attack.

    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Latest News
    • Gender reassignment discrimination

    Supreme Court ruling and EHRC latest: how should HR respond?

    by Jo Faragher 28 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 28 Apr 2025

    How should HR teams interpret the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of sex, and subsequent update from the Equality and Human Rights Commission?

    • Sexual harassment
    • Bullying and harassment
    • Latest News

    BBC to ‘act immediately’ on workplace culture review

    by Jo Faragher 28 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 28 Apr 2025

    The BBC will take ‘immediate action’ to improve its workplace culture after publishing an independent review.

    • NHS
    • Education
    • Latest News

    Public sector staff could be in line for higher pay settlement

    by Jo Faragher 28 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 28 Apr 2025

    Public sector workers including teachers and nurses could be in line for a pay rise of up to 4% in the next financial year.

    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses
    • Labour market

    Confidence returning to jobs market, data shows

    by Jo Faragher 28 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 28 Apr 2025

    Both vacancies and salaries in the UK hit annual highs in March, according to the latest figures from Adzuna.

    • Police
    • Discipline
    • Latest News

    Firearms officers to be granted anonymity

    by Jo Faragher 25 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 25 Apr 2025

    The government will table an amendment to the Crime and Policing Bill that means firearms officers who go to trial are granted anonymity.

    • Police
    • Latest News
    • Pre-employment screening

    Police who fail vetting checks face automatic dismissal

    by Jo Faragher 23 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 23 Apr 2025

    Police chiefs will be able to automatically dismiss officers who fail background screening under new government measures.

    • Maternity
    • Latest News
    • Pregnancy and maternity discrimination

    Recruiter who returned to empty office after maternity leave wins £25k

    by Jo Faragher 23 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 23 Apr 2025

    A former recruiter has won £25,000 in compensation at an employment tribunal after she returned to an empty office following...

    • Collective redundancy
    • Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
    • Latest News

    British Steel puts brakes on redundancy process

    by Jo Faragher 23 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 23 Apr 2025

    British Steel has announced it will not continue with a redundancy process risking 2,700 workers' jobs at its Scunthorpe plant.

    • Case law
    • Gender
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion

    Supreme Court: legal definition of woman based on biological sex

    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025

    The Supreme Court has ruled that the legal definition of a woman under the Equality Act 2010 is based on biological sex.

    • Apprenticeships
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    High-level apprenticeship spend doubles in five years

    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025

    Spending on high-level apprenticeships - equivalent to a Master’s degree - has more than doubled in the past five years.

    • Uber
    • Employee relations
    • Latest News

    Uber drivers experience ‘false autonomy’ over work

    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025

    Uber drivers are subject to ‘false autonomy’ over their work, according to academics.

    • Department for Education
    • Education
    • Industrial action / strikes

    Teachers could strike if pay award not improved

    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025

    Teachers in England could launch strike action if the government does not offer a higher pay rise for the next...

    • Environment
    • Latest News
    • Skills shortages

    Skills shortages blight sustainability revolution

    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025
    by Jo Faragher 16 Apr 2025

    More than a quarter of UK employers are struggling to recruit for sustainability-related roles, according to hiring platform Indeed.

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