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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.

    • Stress
    • Careers in HR
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    HR professionals lack mental health support, risking burnout

    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025

    Almost nine in 10 HR professionals do not feel supported with their mental health at work, according to a survey.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Apprenticeships
    • Latest News

    Multiverse to open up 15,000 apprenticeships

    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025

    AI and tech skills provider Multiverse has announced the creation of 15,000 new AI apprenticeships over the next two years....

    • Stress
    • Carers
    • Latest News

    Employers must offer more flexibility to working carers, research shows

    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025

    Almost half (44%) of unpaid carers who work have found their mental and physical health has got worse since taking on caring responsibilities.

    • Stress
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    CIPD: A quarter feel work has negative impact on health

    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 9 Jun 2025

    A quarter of workers believe their job has a negative impact on their health, according to research from the CIPD....

    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News
    • Job creation and losses

    Procter & Gamble to cut 7,000 jobs as tariffs bite

    by Jo Faragher 6 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 6 Jun 2025

    Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble will cut 7,000 jobs over the next two years as it deals with increased economic pressures.

    • Bonuses
    • Environment
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    Water companies banned from exec bonuses

    by Jo Faragher 6 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 6 Jun 2025

    Six water companies have been banned from paying bosses bonuses under new legislation.

    • Employment law
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    • Internships

    Employment Rights Bill: peers propose change to work experience rules

    by Jo Faragher 4 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 4 Jun 2025

    An amendment to the Employment Rights Bill to ensure that work experience placements are not exploitative or flout minimum wage laws has been put forward.

    • Coronavirus
    • Latest News
    • Mental health

    Sickness absence falls to almost pre-pandemic rate

    by Jo Faragher 4 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 4 Jun 2025

    The rate of sickness absence continued to fall in 2024, with employees losing on average 4.4 days of work per year. 

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    • Disability discrimination
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    Swearing chef awarded £13,000 for disability discrimination

    by Jo Faragher 4 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 4 Jun 2025

    She was heard swearing by “numerous staff and guests”, the tribunal heard, until another colleague intervened and calmed her down.

    • Employee engagement
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    • Wellbeing

    Preparing for a new era of workforce planning (webinar)

    by Jo Faragher 3 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 3 Jun 2025

    ON-DEMAND | Watch our webinar to discover ways to prepare for a new era of workforce planning.

    • Early careers
    • Department for Education
    • Latest News

    Education secretary sets out priorities for Skills England

    by Jo Faragher 2 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 Jun 2025

    The education secretary has written to Skills England setting out the government’s priorities for skills development in the year ahead.

    • Agency workers
    • NHS
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    NHS England cuts agency spend by £1bn

    by Jo Faragher 2 Jun 2025
    by Jo Faragher 2 Jun 2025

    The NHS in England spent £1bn less on agency staff during 2024-25, according to figures obtained by the Guardian newspaper....

    • Latest News
    • Department for Work and Pensions
    • Pensions

    Pension reforms could put savings at risk, group warns

    by Jo Faragher 30 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 30 May 2025

    Ministers have confirmed the new Pension Schemes Bill, which loosens rules around how surplus pension funds can be extracted from defined benefit (DB) schemes.

    • Employment law
    • Latest News
    • Trade unions

    Black workers face greatest risk from workplace surveillance

    by Jo Faragher 30 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 30 May 2025

    Black employees are at the highest risk of being targeted by workplace surveillance, according to research from the IPPR.

    • Police
    • Constructive dismissal
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    Call-handler sues Met Police over reinstatement of offensive colleague

    by Jo Faragher 28 May 2025
    by Jo Faragher 28 May 2025

    The former call-handler is taking the Met to tribunal for constructive dismissal after it reinstated a colleague she had reported for discriminatory behaviour.

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