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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.

    • Employee engagement
    • ESG
    • Latest News

    Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: Workplace culture (larger employers)

    by Jo Faragher 28 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 28 Aug 2025

    We profile the achievements of shortlisted companies in this year's award for workplace culture (larger employers). 

    • Alcohol and drug misuse
    • Reasonable adjustments
    • Bullying and harassment

    MoD worker loses harassment claim over lack of good luck card

    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2025

    A Ministry of Defence employee has lost his claim for harassment after complaining that he did not receive a good luck card when he left his job.

    • Hospitality
    • Dispute resolution
    • Industrial action / strikes

    London hotel housekeepers call off strike action

    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2025

    A group of housekeepers at a London hotel have called off strike action after successful negotiations with their employer.

    • NHS
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    • Job descriptions

    Indeed launches platform aimed at healthcare workers

    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 27 Aug 2025

    Jobs board Indeed has launched a new platform aimed at healthcare professionals as research reveals that 92% have experienced burnout.

    • Offices
    • Latest News
    • Wellbeing

    Workers need more protection from heatwaves, says WHO

    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025

    Climate change means that more workers across the world will need protection from heat, according to a new report from...

    • Manufacturing
    • Latest News
    • Insolvency

    Government takes control of UK’s third largest steelworks

    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025

    The government has taken control of the UK’s third-largest steelworks in a bid to secure the future of its 1,450 employees. 

    • Police
    • NHS
    • Local authorities

    Personnel Today Awards 2025 shortlist: Excellence in Public Service HR

    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025

    Public sector organisations stand to gain the most out of innovating their approaches to people management, allowing them to streamline...

    • Latest News
    • Employment tribunals
    • Third sector

    Nature charity unfairly dismisses employee in ‘woeful’ process

    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 22 Aug 2025

    A conservation officer with the Hawk and Owl Trust was unfairly dismissed after raising concerns about the way the charity was run.

    • NHS
    • Belief discrimination
    • Employment law

    Midwife files belief claim after Trust reported social media posts

    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025

    A midwife who was reported to her regulator and counter-terrorism group Prevent by her former employer is taking the Trust to tribunal for belief discrimination.

    • Age discrimination
    • Constructive dismissal
    • Bullying and harassment

    ‘Noisy and boisterous’ younger colleagues not age-related harassment

    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025

    Woman claims age discrimination and harassment due to younger colleagues acting ‘noisy and boisterous’ but loses tribunal case.

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Global mobility

    Immigration restrictions’ impact on visa refusals – data

    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 20 Aug 2025

    Workers from India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe have had the greatest number of visa applications refused, according to an analysis of Home Office figures.

    • Hybrid working
    • Civil Service
    • Local authorities

    Public sector remote working drops dramatically

    by Jo Faragher 19 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 19 Aug 2025

    There has been a significant drop-off in remote and hybrid working in the public sector, according to data from software company Unit4.

    • Latest News
    • Employment tribunals
    • Ethnicity

    Security officer who showed ‘racist’ video wins £44k at tribunal

    by Jo Faragher 18 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 18 Aug 2025

    A security officer at Heathrow Airport has been awarded £44,000 for unfair dismissal after he was sacked for showing a ‘racist’ video to a colleague.

    • Latest News
    • Executive pay
    • Incentive pay

    CEO pay at record levels for third year running

    by Jo Faragher 18 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 18 Aug 2025

    The number of FTSE 100 companies paying chief executives more than £10 million increased by almost a third last year, according to the High Pay Centre.

    • Artificial intelligence
    • Latest News
    • Workplace culture

    Alan Turing Institute faces toxic culture accusations

    by Jo Faragher 18 Aug 2025
    by Jo Faragher 18 Aug 2025

    The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s artificial intelligence research hub, could be at risk as staff accuse it of having a ‘toxic’ culture.

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